Garnethill : Exile

In London, a body is found on the banks of the Thames. Maureen O’Donnell has 12 hours to catch a killer…

A body is found on the banks of the Thames. Maureen O'donnell has 12 hours to catch a killer…

From the two-time winner of the Theakstons Old Peculier Crime Novel of the Year Award

The last time Maureen O’Donnell saw Ann Harris, she was staying in the Glasgow Women’s Shelter, drunk and with two broken ribs. A month later, Ann’s mutilated body is washed up on the banks of the Thames.

No one seems to care what happened to her, and Maureen is the only person who thinks Ann’s husband is innocent. With her personal life in turmoil, she runs away to London and starts to piece together Ann’s final days. But time is not on her side. Maureen needs twelve hours to put things right, and she doesn’t care what it costs…

About the Author

Denise Mina is the author of the Garnethill trilogy, the Paddy Meehan series and the Alex Morrow series. She has won the Theakston Old Peculier Crime Novel of the Year Award twice and was inducted into the Crime Writers’ Association Hall of Fame in 2014. The Long Drop, her latest novel, won the McIlvanney Prize for Scottish Crime Book of the Year and the Gordon Burn Prize.

Denise has also written plays and graphic novels, and presented television and radio programmes. She lives and works in Glasgow.