,
Readers' Top 60 Books of the Past 5 years
Denise Mina
0 ratings | 0 reviews | avg rating:0.0

more photos (1)

Denise Mina’s Followers (2,352)

member photo
member photo
member photo
member photo
member photo
member photo
member photo
member photo
member photo
member photo
member photo
member photo
member photo
member photo
member photo
member photo
member photo
member photo
member photo
member photo
member photo
member photo
member photo
member photo
member photo
member photo
member photo
member photo
member photo
member photo

Denise’s Bookshelves

read (0)
currently-reading (0)
to-read (0)

Denise’s Friends (848)

Horror ...
Horror Bookworm Reviews
659 books | 1,669 friends

Jeffrey...
Jeffrey Keeten
4,513 books | 5,103 friends

Isabell...
Isabella Maldonado
42 books | 912 friends

Melisa ...
Melisa Dowling
69,698 books | 1,344 friends

Beau Jo...
Beau Johnson
189 books | 572 friends

JediKni...
JediKnight26
689 books | 14 friends

Erik Th...
Erik Therme
441 books | 1,303 friends

Jane
Jane
1,483 books | 114 friends

More friends…

Denise Mina

Goodreads Author


Born
in Glasgow, The United Kingdom
Website

Genre
Mystery & Thrillers

Member Since
March 2013


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.

 ...more

Combine Editions

Average rating: 3.79 · 158,768 ratings · 13,740 reviews · 106 distinct works • Similar authors
Conviction (Anna and Fin, #1)
3.53 avg rating — 49,144 ratings — published 2019 — 37 editions
Rate this book
Clear rating
1 of 5 stars2 of 5 stars3 of 5 stars4 of 5 stars5 of 5 stars
Stieg Larsson's The Girl wi...
by
4.59 avg rating — 12,693 ratings — published 2014
Rate this book
Clear rating
1 of 5 stars2 of 5 stars3 of 5 stars4 of 5 stars5 of 5 stars
Stieg Larsson's The Girl wi...
by
4.41 avg rating — 10,868 ratings — published 2012 — 10 editions
Rate this book
Clear rating
1 of 5 stars2 of 5 stars3 of 5 stars4 of 5 stars5 of 5 stars
Garnethill (Garnethill, #1)
3.84 avg rating — 9,625 ratings — published 1998 — 55 editions
Rate this book
Clear rating
1 of 5 stars2 of 5 stars3 of 5 stars4 of 5 stars5 of 5 stars
The End of the Wasp Season ...
3.83 avg rating — 8,542 ratings — published 2010 — 62 editions
Rate this book
Clear rating
1 of 5 stars2 of 5 stars3 of 5 stars4 of 5 stars5 of 5 stars
Still Midnight (Alex Morrow...
3.60 avg rating — 8,550 ratings — published 2009 — 11 editions
Rate this book
Clear rating
1 of 5 stars2 of 5 stars3 of 5 stars4 of 5 stars5 of 5 stars
Field of Blood (Paddy Meeha...
3.82 avg rating — 4,771 ratings — published 2005 — 18 editions
Rate this book
Clear rating
1 of 5 stars2 of 5 stars3 of 5 stars4 of 5 stars5 of 5 stars
Rizzio
3.87 avg rating — 4,004 ratings — published 2021
Rate this book
Clear rating
1 of 5 stars2 of 5 stars3 of 5 stars4 of 5 stars5 of 5 stars
Exile (Garnethill, #2)
3.89 avg rating — 3,855 ratings — published 2001 — 49 editions
Rate this book
Clear rating
1 of 5 stars2 of 5 stars3 of 5 stars4 of 5 stars5 of 5 stars
The Less Dead
3.43 avg rating — 4,348 ratings — published 2020 — 22 editions
Rate this book
Clear rating
1 of 5 stars2 of 5 stars3 of 5 stars4 of 5 stars5 of 5 stars
More books by Denise Mina…

Series by Denise Mina

Conviction Confidence
(2 books)
by
3.51 avg rating — 52,080 ratings

Stieg Larsson's The Girl wi... Stieg Larsson's The Girl wi... Stieg Larsson's The Girl Wh... Stieg Larsson's The Girl Wh...
(4 books)
by
4.44 avg rating — 26,512 ratings

Still Midnight The End of the Wasp Season Gods and Beasts The Red Road Blood Salt Water
(5 books)
by
3.72 avg rating — 26,898 ratings

Garnethill Exile Resolution The Garnethill Trilogy - Ga...
(4 books)
by
3.89 avg rating — 16,184 ratings

Field of Blood The Dead Hour Slip of the Knife
(3 books)
by
3.85 avg rating — 10,806 ratings

More series by Denise Mina…
Quotes by Denise Mina  (?)
Quotes are added by the Goodreads community and are not verified by Goodreads. (Learn more)

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

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

“Just when you think something can’t get any worse someone who dislikes you comes to watch.”
― Denise Mina, Conviction
tags: humorous-quotations
11 likes
Like

Polls

December 2013/January 2014 Group Read

 
  16 votes, 5.7%

 
  13 votes, 4.7%

 
  9 votes, 3.2%

 
  8 votes, 2.9%

 
  8 votes, 2.9%

 
  7 votes, 2.5%

 
  7 votes, 2.5%

 
  7 votes, 2.5%

 
  7 votes, 2.5%

 
  6 votes, 2.2%

 
  6 votes, 2.2%

 
  6 votes, 2.2%

 
  6 votes, 2.2%

 
  5 votes, 1.8%

 
  5 votes, 1.8%

 
  5 votes, 1.8%

 
  5 votes, 1.8%

 
  5 votes, 1.8%

 
  5 votes, 1.8%

 
  5 votes, 1.8%

 
  5 votes, 1.8%

 
  4 votes, 1.4%

 
  4 votes, 1.4%

 
  4 votes, 1.4%

 
  4 votes, 1.4%

 
  4 votes, 1.4%

 
  4 votes, 1.4%

 
  4 votes, 1.4%

 
  4 votes, 1.4%

 
  4 votes, 1.4%

 
  4 votes, 1.4%

 
  4 votes, 1.4%

 
  3 votes, 1.1%

 
  3 votes, 1.1%

 
  3 votes, 1.1%

 
  3 votes, 1.1%

 
  3 votes, 1.1%

 
  3 votes, 1.1%

 
  3 votes, 1.1%

 
  3 votes, 1.1%

 
  3 votes, 1.1%

 
  3 votes, 1.1%

 
  3 votes, 1.1%

 
  2 votes, 0.7%

 
  2 votes, 0.7%

 
  2 votes, 0.7%

 
  2 votes, 0.7%

 
  2 votes, 0.7%

 
  2 votes, 0.7%

 
  2 votes, 0.7%

 
  2 votes, 0.7%

 
  2 votes, 0.7%

 
  2 votes, 0.7%

 
  2 votes, 0.7%

 
  2 votes, 0.7%

 
  2 votes, 0.7%

 
  2 votes, 0.7%

 
  2 votes, 0.7%

 
  2 votes, 0.7%

 
  2 votes, 0.7%

 
  2 votes, 0.7%

 
  2 votes, 0.7%

 
  1 vote, 0.4%

 
  1 vote, 0.4%

 
  1 vote, 0.4%

 
  1 vote, 0.4%

 
  1 vote, 0.4%

 
  1 vote, 0.4%

 
  1 vote, 0.4%

 
  1 vote, 0.4%

 
  1 vote, 0.4%

 
  1 vote, 0.4%

 
  1 vote, 0.4%

 
  1 vote, 0.4%

 
  1 vote, 0.4%

 
  1 vote, 0.4%

 
  1 vote, 0.4%

 
  1 vote, 0.4%

 
  1 vote, 0.4%

 
  1 vote, 0.4%

 
  0 votes, 0.0%

 
  0 votes, 0.0%

 
  0 votes, 0.0%

 
  0 votes, 0.0%

 
  0 votes, 0.0%

 
  0 votes, 0.0%

279 total votes
More...

Topics Mentioning This Author

topics posts views last activity  
Readers and Reading: This topic has been closed to new comments. April 2010 Reads 84 110 May 26, 2010 05:43PM  
Mystery/Thriller ...: april 2010 - sandi 28 53 Jun 04, 2010 04:52AM  
The Book Challenge: Kuutar's challenges for 2010 24 85 Aug 31, 2010 09:33AM  
The Seasonal Read...: This topic has been closed to new comments. Summer Challenge 2010 Completed Tasks (do NOT delete any posts in this thread) 3053 3269 Aug 31, 2010 10:39PM  
Mystery/Thriller ...: Bouchercon in retrospect 39 129 Nov 05, 2010 01:53PM  
The Seasonal Read...: This topic has been closed to new comments. Fall Challenge 2010 Completed Tasks (do NOT delete any posts in this thread) 2785 1191 Nov 30, 2010 09:03PM  

recent posts
Denise’s Groups

97086 Ask Denise Mina - Thursday, March 14th! — 90 members — last activity Mar 16, 2014 10:54AM
Join us on Thursday, March 14th for a special discussion with author Denise Mina! Denise will be discussing her work, including her most recent book G ...more

Denise’s Friend Comments




No comments have been added yet.