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Slip of the Knife: A Novel
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A brilliant thriller featuring Paddy Meehan, one of the most praised heroines since Temperance Brennan, from "a rising star in the world of crime fiction" (Laura Miller, Salon).
Paddy Meehan is no stranger to murder ��� as a reporter she lives at crime scenes ��� but nothing has prepared her for this visit from the police. Her former boyfriend and fellow journalist Terry Patterson has been found hooded and shot through the head. Paddy knows she will be of little help ��� she had not seen Terry in more than six months. So she is bewildered to learn that in his will he has left her his house and several suitcases full of notes. Drawn into a maze of secrets and lies, Paddy begins making connections to Terry's murder that no one else has seen, and soon finds herself trapped in the most important ��� and dangerous ��� story of her career.
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Street Date:
2/13/2008
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Denise Mina. (2008). Slip of the Knife: A Novel. Little, Brown and Company.

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Denise Mina. 2008. Slip of the Knife: A Novel. Little, Brown and Company.

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Paddy Meehan is no stranger to murder ��� as a reporter she lives at crime scenes ��� but nothing has prepared her for this visit from the police. Her former boyfriend and fellow journalist Terry Patterson has been found hooded and shot through the head. Paddy knows she will be of little help ��� she had not seen Terry in more than six months. So she is bewildered to learn that in his will he has left her his house and several suitcases full of notes. Drawn into a maze of secrets and lies, Paddy begins making connections to Terry's murder that no one else has seen, and soon finds herself trapped in the most important ��� and dangerous ��� story of her career.
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        Set in 1990, Mina's superb third thriller to feature Paddy Meehan (after 2006's Edgar-finalist The Dead Hour
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        (2005)—Meehan soon realizes that everyone from the Scottish police to the IRA is intent on keeping the motive for Terry's death a secret. When Terry's colleague is killed and her own young son is threatened, Meehan knows she must uncover the men responsible before she becomes their next victim. This gripping read, with its intricate plotting and realistic regional dialogue, will leave even the most astute reader guessing until the end.

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        Paddy Meehan ("Dead Hour") is one of the most fascinating female characters in contemporary crime fiction. A foul-mouthed, hot-headed, fiercely loyal, and perennially overweight 27 year old, Paddy gives as good as she gets in the rough-and-tumble, mostly male world of Glasgow journalism. As Mina's new thriller opens, things are looking pretty good for Paddy. She writes a popular weekly column for the "Daily News". With her five-year-old son, Peter, she has finally moved out of her family home into an apartment with her friend Dub McKenzie. Then police come to her door to tell her that her ex-boyfriend, Terry Hewitt, has been murdered. Terry's killing looks like an IRA hit, but the IRA denies responsibility. As Paddy begins to investigate, she discovers a secret that might put her and her loved ones in danger. Secondary threads having to do with friends and family threaten at times to upstage the main plotline, but the whole novel is so engrossing that it hardly matters. Highly recommended. [See Prepub Alert, "LJ" 10/15/07.]Jane la Plante, Minot State Univ., ND

        Copyright 2008 Library Journal, LLC Used with permission.

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        Starred review from December 15, 2007
        Scotland continues to produce a steady stream of superlative thriller writers. Mina captures the moody mood of the metropolis (her native Glasgow) with moxie and skill. Her heroine is newspaper columnist Patricia Paddy Meehan, who may be plump of figure but is all sharp edges when it comes to reporting the news. In this third in the series, Meehan is at a loss for her well-chosen words when former boyfriend and fellow journalist Terry Hewitt is found murdered, execution style. Its been months since Paddy has seen Terry (shes been breathlessly busy, with work and single-handedly raising a young son). So why in the world did he will her his house and endless armfuls of notes? Paddys puzzlement approaches paranoia after shes visited by a pushy bloke with connections to the IRA, then followed by a strange little man in a tracksuit. Terry, it turns out, had been working with a photographer friend on a coffee-table book about Scottish expats. Soon after Terrys death, his collaborator is killed. The police insist neither slaying has any link to the IRA. Ever skeptical Paddy is not convinced. Mina, who also penned the award-winning Garnethill trilogy, serves up a suspenseful story line and psychologically complex characters, inhabitants of a gritty city where telling the truth can get you killed.(Reprinted with permission of Booklist, copyright 2007, American Library Association.)

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