Resolution - Hardcover

Mina, Denise

Hardcover

ISBN 10: 0593046552 ISBN 13: 9780593046555

Publisher: Bantam Press, 2001

Synopsis

Maureen O'Donnell, ex-psychiatric patient and survivor of sexual abuse, is facing the darkest episode in her life. Her abuser has arrived back in Glasgow in time for the birth of her sister's new baby; she owes more than she makes in a year in back taxes; and Angus Farrell, the psychologist who murdered her boyfriend is up for trial, with Maureen as the reluctant star witness. On top of it all, she has managed to become embroiled in someone else's family feud. Ella McGee, an elderly stall holder at the flea market where Maureen and Leslie are selling illegally imported cigarettes, is bringing a case against her son in the small claims court. When Ella dies in hospital after a brutal beating Maureen, who identifies all too readily with the underdogs of this world, can't stop herself from becoming involved. Soon Maureen too is under threat, and this time she has very few protectors. Denise Mina, the queen of Tartan Noir, is at the top of her form. With her talent for creating intensely believable and sympathetic central characters, and her unique and irresistible blend of suspense, compassion and with, Resolution with be THE crime novel of 2002.

About this title

About the Author

Denise Mina is the author of Garnet Hill and Exile. She lives in Glasgow

From the Back Cover

Maureen O'Donnell is facing the darkest episode in her life. She owes more than she makes in a year in back taxes; Angus Farrell, the psychologist who murdered her boyfriend, is up for trial, with Maureen as the reluctant star witness; and her abuser has arrived back in Glasgow in time for the birth of her sister's baby. On top of it all, she has managed to become embroiled in someone else's family feud. Ella McGee, an elderly stallholder at the flea market where Maureen and Leslie are selling illegally imported cigarettes, wants to bring a case against her son in the small claims court, and she asks Maureen to fill in the legal documents for her.

When Ella dies in hospital after a brutal beating, Maureen, who identifies all too readily with the underdogs of this world, begins to question why anyone might want to kill the woman popularly known as 'Home Gran'. She suspects Ella's son, Si McGee; but Si is an upstanding member of the Scottish business community, runs a chain of estate agents and has a health club in Glasgow's fashionable West End. When Maureen discovers that the 'health club' fronts a much less respectable establishment, she realizes that Si could be a lot more dangerous than he seems. As Angus's trial approaches and her world begins to close in, Maureen finds that once again she is under threat, and this time she has very few protectors.

In Resolution, Denise Mina takes the reader on a walk on the wild and seamy side of downtown Glasgow. With her talent for creating intensely believable and sympathetic central characters, and her unique and irresistible blend of suspense, compassion and wit, she has created a wonderful conclusion to the Garnethill trilogy, and a novel that will inform, surprise and move its readers.

Edition details

• Publisher: Bantam Press
• Publication date: 2001
• Language: English
• ISBN 10: 0593046552
• ISBN 13: 9780593046555
• Binding: Hardcover
• Edition number: 1
• Number of pages: 368