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The Less Dead

By: Denise Mina
Narrated by: Katie Leung
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Brought to you by Penguin.

'Denise Mina is the cream of the crop, an author who pushes the crime novel in new and exciting directions and never fails to deliver.' IAN RANKIN

When Margo goes in search of her birth mother for the first time, she meets her aunt, Nikki, instead. Margo learns that her mother, Susan, was a sex worker murdered soon after Margo's adoption. To this day, Susan's killer has never been found.

Nikki asks Margo for help. She has received threatening and haunting letters from the murderer, for decades. She is determined to find him, but she can't do it alone...

A brilliant, thought-provoking and heart-wrenching new thriller about identity and the value of a life, from the award-winning author of The Long Drop and Conviction.

PRAISE FOR DENISE MINA:

'You won't be able to put Conviction down' Reese Witherspoon

'Unsettling, evocative and staggeringly good' Daily Express

'A masterpiece by the woman who may be Britain's finest living crime novelist' Daily Telegraph

'An atmospheric recreation of a vanished Glasgow...and a compelling exploration of the warped criminal mind' The Times on The Long Drop: Top Ten Crime Novels of the Decade

© Denise Mina 2020 (P) Penguin Audio 2020

 Crime Thrillers Family Life Fiction Genre Fiction Suspense Thriller Thriller & Suspense Women's Fiction Crime

Critic Reviews

This is crime writing of the highest order (Mark Sanderson)
More proof that Denise Mina is Britain's best living crime writer (Charlotte Heathcote)
Mina is the most compassionate of crime novelists... a dark and heartfelt novel (John Williams)
Always compelling and frightening, Mina's latest novel is full of tough-minded compassion. She is probably the most interesting crime writer at work today
Denise Mina is crime-writing royalty (Val McDermid)
The Long Drop is not just a success and a thrilling read in its own right, but a game-changer for the genre (Stuart Kelly)
A gripping plot and compelling characters
The Long Drop is a beautifully written book, a masterpiece by the woman who may be Britain’s finest living crime novelist.
Not a single word is wasted in this beautifully written novel. Unsettling, evocative and staggeringly good, it is possibly Mina’s finest achievement.
Mina writes with wonderful wit and compassion (Jake Kerridge)
All stars
Most relevant
Great book with lots of twists, narrator does well to do difference voices for characters, ending it quite abrupt but still enjoyable.

Gripping book

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I loved the story. The narrator was fantastic. My first Denise Mina and I will be reading all her back catalogue now.

Great story

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Well written with wit and sensitive observation of character. Narrator excellent. I liked Glasgow accents.

excellent narration

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Mina's books manage to have that familiar, compelling, twistiness that I crave from crime fiction while still being beautifully written and surprising.

brilliant

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Gripping and character driven despite the decent plot. Characters have depth and complexity and felt real.
I laughed out loud several times, and I'm not sure if that was the goal but there were moments that were either too real, or bleak or confronting that you had to laugh to break the tension.

Memorable

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