New Releases by Denise Mina

Harriet Vanger, a scion of one of Sweden''s wealthiest families disappeared over forty years ago. Years later, her aged uncle continues to seek the truth. He hires Mikael Blomkvist, a crusading journalist recently trapped by a libel conviction, toinvestigate. Mikael hits a dead end in the case, so to help, he brings in Lisbeth Salander, a fearless pierced and tattooed punk prodigy. Together they tap into a vein of unfathomable iniquity and astonishing corruption. Written by Denise Mina withart by Leonardo Manco and Andrea Mutti, Book 2 of Stieg Larsson''s international publishing phenomenon The Girl with the Dragon Tattoo picks up the story following Lisbeth''s final confrontation with her "guardian," Nils Bjurman.

It''s the week before Christmas when a lone robber bursts into a busy Glasgow post office carrying an AK-47. An elderly man suddenly hands his young grandson to a stranger and wordlessly helps the gunman fill bags with cash, then carries them to the door. He opens the door and bows his head; the robber fires off the AK-47, tearing the grandfather in two. DS Alex Morrow arrives on the scene and finds that the alarm system had been disabled before the robbery. Yet upon investigation, none of the employees can be linked to the gunman. And the grandfather-a life-long campaigner for social justice-is above reproach. As Morrow searches for the killer, she discovers a hidden, sinister political network. Soon it is chillingly clear: no corner of the city is safe, and her involvement will go deeper than she could ever have imagined.

Dans une banlieue cossue de Glasgow, Sarah Erroll, une jeune femme sans histoires, est retrouvée sauvagement assassinée dans la maison de sa mère. La paisible communauté est choquée par cette agression inexplicable, violente, dont la victime semble avoir été choisie au hasard. La commissaire Alex Morrow, enceinte de jumeaux, est appelée sur les lieux. Au même moment, à des centaines de kilomètres, un riche banquier se pend devant sa demeure du Kent, laissant derrière lui deux enfants psychologiquement détruits et une femme brisée, sans parler de dettes abyssales. La force du livre réside dans la construction narrative : l’histoire est dévoilée par quatre protagonistes, qui représentent toutes les strates de la société anglaise, en pleine récession. Le lecteur assiste dans le premier chapitre au meurtre sauvage de la jeune femme. Il sait qui mais pas pourquoi. Et l’explication ultime le laissera sans voix. Traduit de l’anglais (Écosse) par Freddy Michalski

The official graphic novel adaptation of Stieg Larsson''s Millennium Trilogy! Harriet Vanger, a scion of one of Sweden''s wealthiest families disappeared over forty years ago. All these years later, her aged uncle continues to seek the truth. He hires Mikael Blomkvist, a crusading journalist recently trapped by a libel conviction, to investigate. He is aided by the pierced and tattooed punk prodigy Lisbeth Salander. Together they tap into a vein of unfathomable iniquity and astonishing corruption.

Glasgow, 1990. Paddy Meehan is home alone when there''s a knock at the door. It''s the police and they have bad news. Former boyfriend Terry Patterson''s naked body has been found in a ditch. He''s been tortured, hooded, then shot through the head: all hallmarks of an IRA assassination. Paddy is devastated: Terry was her first lover; the sort of journalist she''s always aspired to be. But why have the police come to her? Although she and Terry have had an on/off affair since they first worked together in the 1980s, she hasn''t seen him for over a year. She is therefore horrified to find that not only has Terry named her next of kin, but he has left her a huge Georgian house in Ayrshire and several suitcases full of notes. What was Terry trying to tell her? As Paddy begins her investigation into his death, she realises that if the secret he was about to expose was worth killing for, she is next in line...

Het einde van de wespentijd van de Schotse queen of crime Denise Mina is een meeslepende en gelaagde thriller over de vernietigende en verstrekkende gevolgen van egoïstische daden. De verbluffende thriller Het einde van de wespentijd van Denise Mina is het tweede boek over rechercheur Alex Morrow. Wanneer topbankier Lars Anderson zich ophangt aan de eik voor zijn herenhuis in Kent wekt zijn dood weinig sympathie op. Een gehaaide bankier meer of minder maakt geen verschil voor een wereld die worstelt met de nasleep van een recessie. Maar zijn dood komt hard aan bij zijn gezin: hij laat twee getraumatiseerde kinderen en een gebroken vrouw achter. In dezelfde periode wordt in een buitenwijk van Glasgow een jonge vrouw gevonden, bruut vermoord in haar eigen huis. Het lijkt in eerste instantie een wrede maar willekeurige aanval. Dit verandert echter wanneer de hoogzwangere rechercheur Alex Morrow de zaak gaat onderzoeken. Achter de moord blijkt een web van leugens schuil te gaan, dat zich via de lokale gemeenschap uitstrekt over heel Schotland. Het einde van de wespentijd is een meeslepende en gelaagde thriller over de vernietigende en verstrekkende gevolgen van egoïstische daden.

"Suggested for mature readers" -- p. [4] of cover.

When a notorious millionaire banker hangs himself, his death attracts no sympathy. But the legacy of a lifetime of selfishness is widespread, and the carnage most acute among those he ought to be protecting: his family. Meanwhile, in a wealthy suburb of Glasgow, a young woman is found savagely murdered. The community is stunned by what appears to be a vicious, random attack. When Detective Inspector Alex Morrow, heavily pregnant with twins, is called in to investigate, she soon discovers that a tangled web of lies lurks behind the murder. It''s a web that will spiral through Alex''s own home, the local community, and ultimately right back to a swinging rope, hundreds of miles away. The End of the Wasp Season is an accomplished, compelling and multi-layered novel about family''s power of damage-and redemption.

The first book in the acclaimed Alex Morrow series of crime novels set in Glasgow, Scotland, from the author of national bestseller Conviction. Alex Morrow is not new to the police force -- or to crime -- but there is nothing familiar about the call she has just received. On a still night in a quiet suburb of Glasgow, Scotland, three armed men have slipped from a van into a house, demanding a man who is not, and has never been, inside the front door. In the confusion that ensues, one family member is shot and another kidnapped, the assailants demanding an impossible ransom. Is this the amateur crime gone horribly wrong that it seems, or something much more unexpected? "As Alex falls further into the most challenging case of her career, Denise Mina proves why "if you don''t read crime novels, Mina is your reason to change"-Rocky Mountain News

Met In de stille nacht schreef de Schotse queen of crime Denise Mina een meeslepende, sociaal bewogen thriller en schetste ze een scherp tijdsbeeld. Spannend, en bovenal intelligent. In de stille nacht van Denise Mina is haar eerste thriller met rechercheur Alex Morrow in de hoofdrol. Op een doodstille zondagavond in een rustige buitenwijk van Glasgow wordt de vredige rust wreed verstoord als een gedeukte vrachtwagen voor de deur van een van de huizen stopt. Twee gewapende mannen met bivakmutsen springen eruit, stormen het huis binnen, bedreigen de bewoners en eisen geld, veel geld. Wanneer de familieleden verbijsterd zeggen dat ze niet zoveel bezitten, kidnappen de overvallers de grootvader en verdwijnen ze in de nacht. De ervaren politievrouw Alex Morrow krijgt opdracht de mysterieuze zaak te onderzoeken. Wie waren deze mannen? En waarom denken ze dat een ogenschijnlijk normaal huishouden zoveel geld verbergt? Als Morrow zich verder in de zaak verdiept, komt ze allerlei diep verborgen geheimen op het spoor. Mina schreef opnieuw een sociaal bewogen thriller en schetst een fraai tijdsbeeld. Spannend, en bovenal intelligent.

A witty, wild anthology “filled with excellently plotted stories” of cooking, cleaning, and crime by some household names in mystery fiction (South Florida Sun Sentinel). Join Nevada Barr, Barbara Collins, Carole Nelson Douglas, Eileen Dreyer, Vicki Hendricks, Suzann Ledbetter, Elisabeth Massie, Christine Matthews, Denise Mina, Marcia Muller, Sara Paretsky, Nancy Pickard, S.J. Rozan, and Julie Smith on a riotous ride through the dark but often hilarious corners of the housewife psyche . . . In the expert hands of fourteen unsurpassed storytellers—including New York Times bestsellers and Agatha, Anthony, Dagger, Macavity, Shamus, and Edgar Award winners—being a housewife takes on a whole new meaning. Get ready for a lethal mix of meddling mothers-in-law, creepy neighbors, cheating husbands, fickle female friends, careers left behind, out-of-control kids, steamy sex, and much, much more in this thrilling collection of stories. Go behind the lace curtains and PTA smiles to explore the often mind-numbing reality of being a housewife. You’ll laugh, you’ll gasp, you’ll nod in recognition as victims bite the dust—and domestic divas get their hands dirty. “Excellent.” —Library Journal “Delightful.” —Booklist “[A] stellar list of contributors.” —Publishers Weekly

A brilliant thriller featuring Paddy Meehan, one of the most praised heroines since Temperance Brennan, from "a rising star in the world of crime fiction" (Laura Miller, Salon). Paddy Meehan is no stranger to murder -- as a reporter she lives at crime scenes -- but nothing has prepared her for this visit from the police. Her former boyfriend and fellow journalist Terry Patterson has been found hooded and shot through the head. Paddy knows she will be of little help -- she had not seen Terry in more than six months. So she is bewildered to learn that in his will he has left her his house and several suitcases full of notes. Drawn into a maze of secrets and lies, Paddy begins making connections to Terry''s murder that no one else has seen, and soon finds herself trapped in the most important -- and dangerous -- story of her career.

Irresistibly blending suspense, mystery, compassion, raw instinct, and grim wit, Resolution provides a wrenching conclusion to Denise Mina''s universally acclaimed Garnethill trilogy. Life has gotten no easier for Maureen O''Donnell since the events in Exile. Already deeply in debt and struggling with alchoholism, she now faces her most formidable challenges yet: testifying against her boyfriend''s murderer and the return of her abusive father to Glasgow. As family matters deteriorate and violence hovers over the familiar neighborhoods of Garnethill, the world becomes a darker, more dangerous and even deadly place for Maureen. A New York Times Notable Book of the Year

Le corps du petit Brian est retrouvé près de la voie ferrée, étranglé, le visage écrasé à coups de pierre. Les coupables sont deux garçons de onze ans. Paddy Meehan, embauchée au Scottish Daily News comme copy-girl, rêve de devenir reporter criminel. Elle va accompagner deux journalistes sur les lieux du crime. Premier titre d''une série qui se déroule à Glasgow.

Set in Glasgow in 1981, a time of hunger strikes, riots and unemployment that decimated the old industrial heartlands, The Field of Blood is the first in the tense Paddy Meehan series from Scotland''s princess of crime, Denise Mina. The vicious murder of a young child provides rookie journalist Paddy Meehan with her first big break when the suspect turns out to be her fiance''s 11-year old cousin. Launching her own investigation into the horrific crime, Paddy uncovers lines of deception deep in Glasgow''s past, with more horrific crimes in the future if she fails to solve the mystery. Infused with Mina''s unique blend of dark humor, personal insights and social injustice, the story grips the reader while challenging our perceptions of childhood innocence, crime and punishment, and right or wrong.

Things like this don''t happen to people like us. That''s what Lachlan Harriot thinks as he watches his wife, Susie, led to jail in handcuffs. Yes, Susie, a psychologist, was found covered in blood near the spot where one of her clients appears to have been murdered. But Susie is not a killer, Lachlan thinks. She''s my wife. She''s our child''s mother. Secrets lurk behind closed doors, however, a dark truth made chillingly clear as Lachlan''s efforts to prove Susie''s innocence uncover an entire secret history -- illicit affairs, false identities, unimaginable deception -- and this brilliantly acclaimed, page-turning novel speeds toward a conclusion as shocking as it is ingenious.

The most praised thriller writer to burst onto the scene in years returns with a brilliant story of suicide, murder, violence, and greed. Responding to a late night-call, Paddy Meehan arrives at an elegant villa, where a calm blonde with blood running from her mouth answers the door. She has already convinced the police to leave and soon Paddy realizes how: she slips 50 bucks into Paddy''s hands and begs her to keep the incident, whatever it is, out of the press. The next morning Paddy sees the lead news story: The blonde woman has been murdered, and far from the spoiled trophy wife Paddy assumed her to be, the victim turns out to be a prosecution lawyer with a social conscience. Bewildered why the woman didn''t take the chance to leave the house when she could, Paddy begins to make connections no one else has seen. When she witnesses the body of a suicide victim being pulled from the river shortly afterward, Paddy suspects links between the two deaths and follows her idea to its shocking -- and deadly -- conclusion.

John Constantine''s trip to Scotland has ended in disaster, as Steve Evans'' well-intentioned Empathy Engine has caused mass suicides and the quarantine of Glasgow. Now John, Evans, Angie, Chas and a motley crew of survivors must seek the cause of the horror, while desperately trying to stave off its terrible effects.

With the British Army closing in on one side and roving gangs of hungry Praexis demons in tracksuits on the other, John revisits the Third Place. But what he learns there doesn''t bode well for Glasgow or the world beyond. ''The Red Right Hand'' part 3.

The Red Right Hand'' part 1! Steve Evans''s dream of universal empathy proves to be hell on Earth for Glasgow, where he finds there''s far more pain to go around than he''d ever imagined. Glaswegians are tearing each other apart, and now Evans needs John Constantine''s help to stop the carnage.

A stand-alone story from John Constantine''s recent past finds him repaying a debt to a fellow magus who''s dying—along with the city of London itself. The killer? A terror that at first seems supernatural in origin, but turns out to be all too realistic.

Empathy is the Enemy'' concludes! Inside the mansion of the Oransay Contingent, Constantine comes face to face with Steve Evans, who reveals the magical significance of Glasgow''s Park Circus. But to make it work, he must manipulate the newly empathic Constantine into a horrifying sacrifice.

John Constantine and Chris arrive in Glasgow, hoping to get answers from the mysterious Steve Evans as to why they were summoned to Scotland in the first place. ''Empathy is the Enemy'' part 4.

On the highway to Glasgow, John encounters a forgotten acquaintance from his troubled youth. Coincidence, or a setup engineered by a shadowy sect rooted in nine centuries of Scottish mysticism? ''Empathy is the Enemy'' part 3.

Headed toward Scotland with his newfound mate Cole, Constantine senses that he''s on a Sunday drive taking him to his own doom. A carload of demons disguised as street toughs could make John''s trip even quicker. ''Empathy is the Enemy'' part 2.

Empathy is the Enemy'' part 1! Constantine, still brooding over his recent ordeal, meets Chris Cole, an ordinary bloke who made the mistake of messing with a ''harmless'' bit of magic. He looks to Constantine to pull him out from the nightmare. But when Cole drops the name of an infamous Scottish occultist, Constantine realizes the nightmare is just getting under way.

Movie star... comic book icon... John Constantine, the legendary chain-smoking, hard-drinking man of the occult is back - and as usual, he''s his own worst enemy! When Constantine tries to help out a man cursed with the ability to feel the same things as everyone around him, no matter how awful, he is led on a journey to a remote Scottish island, where an ancient power waits for him - as does a vengeful fellow magician...

In Glasgow, a toddler goes missing, snatched from the front garden of his home. But while the city braces itself for the discovery of a lone sexual predator, the police are led to the doors of two 11-year-old boys.

A powerful new stand-alone novel from Scotland''s princess of crime -- author of the acclaimed Garnethill trilogy. Lachlan Harriot is in a state of shock. His wife Susie has been convicted of the murder of serial killer Andrew Gow, a prisoner in her care. Unless Harriot can come up with grounds for an appeal, Susie will be given a life sentence, depriving her of her home, her family and her two-year-old daughter. Harriot is convinced that his wife, a respected forensic psychiatrist, is innocent, and each night he climbs the stairs to her study and goes through her papers, laboriously transcribing into his computer her case notes, her interviews with Gow and the press cuttings from the trial. But his search for the truth soon raises more questions than answers. Why had Susie stolen prison files and then lied about it? What was the nature of her relationship with Gow? And what is it in her study that she doesn''t want her husband to find? As things become ever more complex, he must decide what to do with a discovery that involves violence, sexual obsession, lust and ultimate betrayal. "From the Trade Paperback edition.

When one of her clients at the local Glasgow women''s shelter is found dead in the Thames, Maureen O''Donnell heads south to London to investigate Ann''s brutal death and races against time to reconstruct Ann''s final days in order to save herself from a similar fate. By the author of Garnethill.