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Denise Mina is a one-of-a-kind storyteller' James Patterson"This is Marlowe."Mr. Philip Marlowe?" She asked.I glanced at the clock. It was exactly eleven am, as if she had been waiting by thephone for an appointed hour, following someone else's orders to the letter."What, d'you think we're a troupe of brothers? There is only me."It's mid-September, a heatwave has descended on the parched hills of LA and Private Detective Philip Marlowe is call...

A stand-alone psychological thriller from the acclaimed author of the Alex Morrow novels that exposes the dark hearts of the guilty-and the innocentThe trial of the century in 1950s Glasgow is over. Peter Manuel has been found guilty of a string of murders and is waiting to die by hanging. But every good crime story has a beginning. Manuel's starts with the murder of William Watt's family. Looking no further that Watt himself, the police are c...

Has Philip Marlowe finally met his match? It's early fall when a heatwave descends on Los Angeles. Private Detective Philip Marlowe is called to the Montgomery estate, an almost mythic place sitting high on top of Beverly Hills. Wealthy socialite Chrissie Montgomery is missing. Young, naïve, and set to inherit an enormous fortune, she's a walking target, ripe for someone to get their claws into. Her dying father and his sultry bottle-blonde gi...

This is Marlowe."Mr. Philip Marlowe?" She asked.I glanced at the clock. It was exactly eleven am, as if she had been waiting by thephone for an appointed hour, following someone else's orders to the letter."What, d'you think we're a troupe of brothers? There is only me."It's mid-September, a heatwave has descended on the parched hills of LA and Private Detective Philip Marlowe is called to the Montgomery estate, an almost mythic place sitting ...

Has Philip Marlowe finally met his match? It's early fall when a heatwave descends on Los Angeles. Private Detective Philip Marlowe is called to the Montgomery estate, an almost mythic place sitting high on top of Beverly Hills. Wealthy socialite Chrissie Montgomery is missing. Young, naïve, and set to inherit an enormous fortune, she's a walking target, ripe for someone to get their claws into. Her dying father and his sultry bottle-blonde gi...

Girolamo Savonarola was a Dominican friar, whose helfire and damnation sermons pushed the city of Florence to its breaking point. In Three Fires, Denise Mina brings a modern take to this fascinating historical story - drawing parallels between the febrile atmosphere of medieval Florence and the culture wars of the present day.

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Anna McDonald und Fin Cohen wollen einen Podcast über eine verschwundene YouTuberin machen. Ihr ist beim Einbruch in ein verlassenes Château etwas in die Hände gefallen, was andere anscheinend unbedingt haben wollen - aber wieso? Und wie weit werden sie dafür gehen?

In this "edge-of-your-seat" thriller and sequel to the Reese Witherspoon x Hello Sunshine book club pick Conviction (The Los Angeles Times),  Anna and Fin find themselves on another breathtaking chase across Europe—and another race to save their own lives. Deception. Theft. Murder. All you need is confidence. Anna McDonald has made a terrible mistake. She has forced her blended family to vacation together. The weather is bad, her daughters are...

*FROM THE NEW YORK TIMES BESTSELLING AUTHOR OF CONVICTION*'Such a delight: playful, fast-paced, and entirely compulsive' Ann Cleeves'Denise Mina is crime writing royalty' Val McDermid'Denise Mina is the cream of the crop, an author who pushes the crime novel in new and exciting directions' Ian RankinDECEPTION. THEFT. MURDER. ALL YOU NEED IS CONFIDENCE.When amateur film-maker Lisa Lee vanishes from a Scottish seaside town, journalists Anna and ...

From the award-winning master of crime fiction, Denise Mina re-imagines the "Bonfire of the Vanities, " a series of fires lit throughout Florence at the end of the fifteenth century-inspired by the fanatical Girolamo Savonarola.Girolamo Savonarola was a Dominican friar living in Florence at the end of the fifteenth century. An anti-corruption campaigner, his hellfire preaching increasingly spilled over into tirades against all luxuries that te...

Auf höchst kluge Weise schildert Denise Mina die Dynamik des Begehrens und der Politik der Macht - zwischen Männern und Frauen, Monarch und Untertanen, Herr und Dienern. Nur skizzenhaft angedeutet, aber historisch genau recherchiert, ist diese Schilderung auf den Punkt, scharfsinnig und absolut überzeugend. Edinburgh, am Abend des 9. März 1566. Maria Stuart, Königin von Schottland, ist im sechsten Monat schwanger und gibt in ihren privaten Gem...

A gritty thriller which reimagines Raymond Chandler's famed and troubled detective, Philip Parlowe.

From the multi-award-winning master of crime, Denise Mina delivers a radical new take on one of the darkest episodes in Scottish history-the bloody assassination of David Rizzo private secretary to Mary, Queen of Scots, in the queen's chambers in Holyrood Palace.On the evening of March 9th, 1566, David Rizzio, the private secretary of Mary, Queen of Scots, was brutally murdered. Dragged from the chamber of the heavily pregnant Mary, Rizzio was...

From the multi-award-winning Denise Mina comes a radical new take on one of the darkest episodes in Scottish history - the bloody assassination of David Rizzio in Mary, Queen of Scots' chambers in Holyrood Palace.

When Lisa Lee, a vulnerable young woman, vanishes from a pretty Scottish seaside town, Anna and Fin find themselves at the centre of an Internet frenzy to find her. But Lisa may not be the hapless victim her father thinks. She had an unsuccessful YouTube channel and her last film showed her breaking into an abandoned French chateau with other UrbExers and stumbling across a priceless Roman silver casket. One day after Lisa vanishes that casket...

Denise Mina gets to the heart of what crime really is. You feel like you are right there, in all the dark nooks and crannies that her characters inhabit' Sunday Times and international bestselling author, Karin SlaughterDeception. Theft. Murder. All you need is confidence. A brand new escapist thriller from the award-winning author of ConvictionWhen Lisa Lee, a vulnerable young woman, vanishes from a pretty Scottish seaside town Anna and Fin f...

Denise Mina gets to the heart of what crime really is. You feel like you are right there, in all the dark nooks and crannies that her characters inhabit' Sunday Times and international bestselling author, Karin SlaughterDeception. Theft. Murder. All you need is confidence. When Lisa Lee, a vulnerable young woman, vanishes from a pretty Scottish seaside town Anna and Fin find themselves at the centre of an internet frenzy to find her.But Lisa m...

Dr. Margo Dunlop erfährt endlich, wer ihre leibliche Mutter war. Leider wirkt deren Schwester nicht gerade seriös. Abergläubisch und besessen von einer Idee: dass in Glasgow jemand ungestraft Prostituierte ermordet. Gibt es diesen Mann wirklich? Und hat er es jetzt auf Margo abgesehen?