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Why do some women find criminals irresistible? Why do some marry convicted murderers while they are in prison? These are some of the issues Denise Mina addresses in her fourth thought-provoking novel which combines acute psychological insights with great writing and a page-turning narrative. Set in a prison in the north of Scotland, So Special is narrated by a doctor who is awaiting trial on a highly publicised murder charge. Why, the papers speculate, has this doctor killed convicted serial killer, Wayne McManus? What makes him so special, when she has worked with prisoners like him for eight years? Did he tell her something so terrible that she felt bound to take the law into her own hands? The truth - as always - is rather more complicated, and involves another woman who has been writing love letters to Wayne, and who eventually marries him in prison. And then the murders start; murders which involve details never publicly released, and which were known only to Wayne and the police...
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‘A gem of a novel. One of those sharp, shrewd, incisive stories that sneaks under your skin and stays there for days. Read it: you’ll be glad you did.’ -- Herald
‘A masterstroke of compelling originality that more than lives up to the promise of Mina’s outstanding Garnethill trilogy.’ -- Daily Record
‘Confirms Mina’s considerable ability as a writer.’ -- The Scotsman
‘Gripping ... Mina’s touch is adept and sure ... It’s a good book.’ -- The Big Issue
‘Mina ... skilfully manages to make the reader turn the pages. It has a similar effect to being trapped in the reptile house of the zoo.’ -- Birmingham Post
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‘A masterstroke of compelling originality that more than lives up to the promise of Mina’s outstanding Garnethill trilogy.’ -- Daily Record
‘Confirms Mina’s considerable ability as a writer.’ -- The Scotsman
‘Gripping ... Mina’s touch is adept and sure ... It’s a good book.’ -- The Big Issue
‘Mina ... skilfully manages to make the reader turn the pages. It has a similar effect to being trapped in the reptile house of the zoo.’ -- Birmingham Post
A powerful new stand-alone novel by Scotland's princess of crime, Denise Mina: ‘one of the finest crime writers of her generation’ EXPRESS
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- PublisherBantam Press
- Publication date2002
- ISBN 10 0593046579
- ISBN 13 9780593046579
- BindingHardcover
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- Number of pages304
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