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Denise Mina

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Born

in Glasgow, The United Kingdom

Website

http://www.denisemina.co.uk/

Genre

Mystery & Thrillers

Member Since

March 2013

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Denise Mina was born in Glasgow in 1966. Because of her father's job as an Engineer, the family followed the north sea oil boom of the seventies around Europe
She left school at sixteen and did a number of poorly paid jobs, including working in a meat factory, as a bar maid, kitchen porter and cook.
Eventually she settled in auxiliary nursing for geriatric and terminal care patients.
At twenty one she passed exams, got into study Law at Glasgow University and went on to research a PhD thesis at Strathclyde University on the ascription of mental illness to female offenders, teaching criminology and criminal law in the mean time.
Misusing her grant she stayed at home and wrote a novel, 'Garnethill' when she was supposed to be studying instead.

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Average rating: 3.79 · 175,172 ratings · 15,099 reviews · 112 distinct works • Similar authors

	Conviction (Anna and Fin, #1) 3.53 avg rating — 52,022 ratings — published 2019 — 37 editions	Error rating book. Refresh and try again. Rate this book Clear rating 1 of 5 stars 2 of 5 stars 3 of 5 stars 4 of 5 stars 5 of 5 stars
	Stieg Larsson's The Girl with the Dragon Tattoo: A Graphic Novel, Book 1 by Denise Mina (Goodreads Author) (Adaptor), Andrea Mutti (Goodreads Author) (Illustrator), Leonardo Manco (Illustrator) 4.46 avg rating — 14,393 ratings — published 2012 — 10 editions	Error rating book. Refresh and try again. Rate this book Clear rating 1 of 5 stars 2 of 5 stars 3 of 5 stars 4 of 5 stars 5 of 5 stars
	Stieg Larsson's The Girl with the Dragon Tattoo: A Graphic Novel by Denise Mina (Goodreads Author), Andrea Mutti (Goodreads Author) (Illustrator), Leonardo Manco (Illustrator) 4.59 avg rating — 12,674 ratings — published 2014 — 3 editions	Error rating book. Refresh and try again. Rate this book Clear rating 1 of 5 stars 2 of 5 stars 3 of 5 stars 4 of 5 stars 5 of 5 stars
	Garnethill (Garnethill, #1) 3.84 avg rating — 10,017 ratings — published 1998 — 56 editions	Error rating book. Refresh and try again. Rate this book Clear rating 1 of 5 stars 2 of 5 stars 3 of 5 stars 4 of 5 stars 5 of 5 stars
	The End of the Wasp Season (Alex Morrow, #2) 3.83 avg rating — 8,915 ratings — published 2010 — 13 editions	Error rating book. Refresh and try again. Rate this book Clear rating 1 of 5 stars 2 of 5 stars 3 of 5 stars 4 of 5 stars 5 of 5 stars
	Still Midnight (Alex Morrow, #1) 3.60 avg rating — 9,067 ratings — published 2009 — 60 editions	Error rating book. Refresh and try again. Rate this book Clear rating 1 of 5 stars 2 of 5 stars 3 of 5 stars 4 of 5 stars 5 of 5 stars
	Rizzio 3.86 avg rating — 4,926 ratings — published 2021 — 10 editions	Error rating book. Refresh and try again. Rate this book Clear rating 1 of 5 stars 2 of 5 stars 3 of 5 stars 4 of 5 stars 5 of 5 stars
	Field of Blood (Paddy Meehan, #1) 3.82 avg rating — 4,961 ratings — published 2005 — 60 editions	Error rating book. Refresh and try again. Rate this book Clear rating 1 of 5 stars 2 of 5 stars 3 of 5 stars 4 of 5 stars 5 of 5 stars
	The Less Dead 3.42 avg rating — 4,740 ratings — published 2020 — 22 editions	Error rating book. Refresh and try again. Rate this book Clear rating 1 of 5 stars 2 of 5 stars 3 of 5 stars 4 of 5 stars 5 of 5 stars
	The Long Drop 3.39 avg rating — 4,678 ratings — published 2017 — 21 editions	Error rating book. Refresh and try again. Rate this book Clear rating 1 of 5 stars 2 of 5 stars 3 of 5 stars 4 of 5 stars 5 of 5 stars

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Series by Denise Mina

Anna and Fin (2 books)
by

Denise Mina (Goodreads Author)

3.51 avg rating — 55,461 ratings

Stieg Larsson's Millennium Trilogy: A Graphic Novel (4 books)
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Denise Mina (Goodreads Author) (Adapted by),

Andrea Mutti (Goodreads Author) (Illustrations),

Antonio Fuso (Illustrations),

Giulia Brusco (Colors),

Patricia Mulvihill (Colors),

Steve Wands (Letters),

Lee Bermejo (Cover),

Stieg Larsson (Based on the novel by)

4.46 avg rating — 30,192 ratings

Alex Morrow (5 books)
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Denise Mina (Goodreads Author)

3.72 avg rating — 28,450 ratings

Garnethill (4 books)
by

Denise Mina (Goodreads Author)

3.89 avg rating — 16,869 ratings

Paddy Meehan (3 books)
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Denise Mina (Goodreads Author)

3.85 avg rating — 11,239 ratings

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“If Morrow worked with herself she'd try and sit a few desks away.”
― Denise Mina, Still Midnight

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“Just when you think something can’t get any worse someone who dislikes you comes to watch.”
― Denise Mina, Conviction

tags: humorous-quotations

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“January is the despairing heart of the Scottish winter”
― Denise Mina, Exile

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Polls

Voting for January 2018 Group Read

I'll Keep You Safe by Peter May

8 votes, 28.6%

The Distant Echo by Val McDermid

4 votes, 14.3%

Raven Black by Ann Cleeves

4 votes, 14.3%

Where the Bodies Are Buried by Christopher Brookmyre

3 votes, 10.7%

Sacrifice by Sharon J. Bolton

3 votes, 10.7%

One Fine Day in the Middle of the Night by Christopher Brookmyre

2 votes, 7.1%

Cold Granite by Stuart MacBride

2 votes, 7.1%

Coffin Road by Peter May

1 vote, 3.6%

A Dark So Deadly by Stuart MacBride

1 vote, 3.6%

Heart Swarm by Allan Watson

0 votes, 0.0%

The Long Drop by Denise Mina

0 votes, 0.0%

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