Denise Mina is a Scottish playwright and crime author that also dabbles in comic book writing from time to time. Denise Mina was born in Glasgow in 1966, but has lived all over Europe from Bergen, London, Hague, to Paris. It was while she was researching and teaching criminal law and criminology at Strathclyde University in the 90s, that she decided to write a novel about the effect of mental illness on female offenders, Garnethill published in 1998.
Denise Mina is best known for the Garnet Hill Trilogy, the Paddy Mehan series, and the Alex Morrow novels. Most of the novels can be classified as mystery thrillers. Her debut novel Garnethill was the first of the Garnet Trilogy series of novels. The success of the Garnet Trilogy led Denise to write the Paddy Meehan series that also found much success. She would also write the Alex Morrow series of novels her longest series to date. Most of the novels are set in Glasgow where the author spent a significant time of her childhood. Several of the novels have also been made into movies.
DENISE MINA AWARDS: …show more content…
Set in Glasgow, it contrasts the public perception of the death of two disparate persons. When a very wealthy banker commits suicide by hanging himself, the public seemingly does not care. But given his long career in banking, his family has to bear the brunt of his legacy of vicious selfishness without their father to protect them. Meanwhile a vicious random attack on a young woman in a wealthy suburb of Glasgow attracts the ire of the community. Detective Alex Morrow is called in to investigate the murder and soon finds out that behind the seemingly random murder is tangled web of lies. It is a trail that leads not only to the local community but also to Alex’s own home and finally back to the millionaire whose suicide no one cared
Denise Mina is best known for the Garnet Hill Trilogy, the Paddy Mehan series, and the Alex Morrow novels. Most of the novels can be classified as mystery thrillers. Her debut novel Garnethill was the first of the Garnet Trilogy series of novels. The success of the Garnet Trilogy led Denise to write the Paddy Meehan series that also found much success. She would also write the Alex Morrow series of novels her longest series to date. Most of the novels are set in Glasgow where the author spent a significant time of her childhood. Several of the novels have also been made into movies.
DENISE MINA AWARDS: …show more content…
Set in Glasgow, it contrasts the public perception of the death of two disparate persons. When a very wealthy banker commits suicide by hanging himself, the public seemingly does not care. But given his long career in banking, his family has to bear the brunt of his legacy of vicious selfishness without their father to protect them. Meanwhile a vicious random attack on a young woman in a wealthy suburb of Glasgow attracts the ire of the community. Detective Alex Morrow is called in to investigate the murder and soon finds out that behind the seemingly random murder is tangled web of lies. It is a trail that leads not only to the local community but also to Alex’s own home and finally back to the millionaire whose suicide no one cared