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“Mesmerizing: a tightly woven thriller that deftly combines psychological suspense with dark humor and international intrigue.”
— Alafair Burke, New York Times bestselling author
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“[A] mad-cap adventure of two lost souls on the run…and into their own past traumas.”
— Crime Reads
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“A compelling, complex thriller as modern as tomorrow.”
— Kirkus Reviews (starred review)
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“With a gutsy, endearing heroine and a wondrously surprising ending, this is highly recommended.”
— Library Journal (starred review)
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“Mina delivers a metafictional marvel that both endorses and exemplifies the power of storytelling.”
— Publishers Weekly (starred review)
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"{A] suspenseful, humorous, and surprisingly hopeful ode to storytelling…Mina’s longtime fans will happily recognize traces of Paddy Meehan’s snarky survivors’ nature as Anna chain-smokes her way toward a satisfying showdown.”
— Booklist (starred review)
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[An] edgy but humorous crime novel.
— Christian Science Monitor
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A wonderful mystery... Mina captures the podcast vibe with precision, even down to the annoyingly repetitive ads from sponsors, and the medium's aficionados are sure to love this twist on a standard thriller.
— Shelf Awareness
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Endlessly surprising... This incredible novel...seems to have been written in a white-hot rage.... Mina has always written with a head full of ideas and a mouth full of tough talk. Here, she's finally got a story big enough to hold it all together.
— Marilyn Stasio, New York Times Book Review -- Editors' Pick
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Daredevil storytelling at its finest . . . Offers plot twists and zig-zags that take readers on a wild ride. . . . A giddy celebration of the art of storytelling itself.
— Fresh Air
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"BOOK OF THE WEEK: Mina, queen of the Scottish crime novel, is in stellar form here.
— People
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Conviction combines all [Mina's] gifts -- for suspense, humor, menace, sentiment -- in spectacular fashion.
— Tom Nolan, Wall Street Journal
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A page-turner with depth and soul.
— O, the Oprah Magazine
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"Spectacular. If you, dear reader, can sanely spread your enjoyment of it out over, say, a week, you're a more disciplined consumer of suspense fiction than I am. I inhaled this novel in two extended sittings in one day.
— Maureen Corrigan, The Washington Post
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Conviction feels as fresh as a fall breeze... I sat up VERY late reading this one, dazzled by how effortlessly Mina spun a complex web.
— Moira Macdonald, Seattle Times
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"Such a delight: playful, fast-paced, and entirely compulsive.
— Ann Cleeves, author of the bestselling Shetland series
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"Conviction is mesmerizing: a tightly woven thriller that deftly combines psychological suspense with dark humor and international intrigue. Once I started reading, I didn't want to stop. If you haven't read Denise Mina yet, you should, and this is the place to start."—Alafair Burke, New York Times bestselling author of The Better Sister
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[An] ingenious cheeky cracker of a thriller
— Minneapolis Star Tribune
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Elegant and amusing... The plotting... is both playful and dense.
— Jack Batten, The Toronto Star
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An incredibly original book... A jet-setting thriller about an ordinary life suddenly turned electric.
— Refinery29
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Spellbinding.... A metafictional marvel that both endorses and exemplifies the power of storytelling.
— Publishers Weekly (starred review)
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"Hip, cutting-edge, and ridiculously unpredictable, this brilliantly multilayered puzzle hooked me from page one. Denise Mina is superbly talented -- witty, original, and a mastermind of mystery. Absolutely terrific.
— Hank Phillippi Ryan, national bestselling author of Trust Me
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Mina delivers another winner with this suspenseful, humorous, and surprisingly hopeful ode to storytelling.
— Booklist (starred review)
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A compelling, complex thriller as
modern as tomorrow.
— Kirkus Reviews (starred review)
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With a gutsy, endearing heroine and a wondrously surprising ending, this is highly recommended.
— Library Journal (starred review, Editor's Pick)
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A deliciously clever premise that fully delivers
— BookPage
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With Conviction, Denise Mina has crafted a perfect puzzle, one that when pieced together shows a compelling and sharply funny picture of the darker side of fame, fortune, and today's social media-obsessed culture. The final product is as utterly enjoyable as it is timely. I couldn't put it down."—Kellye Garrett, Anthony, Agatha and Lefty Award-winning author of Hollywood Homicide
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A twisting, darkly comic, thrill-a-minute ride. If you loved Killing Eve, you'll devour Conviction.
— Erin Kelly, author of the international bestseller He Said/She Said
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Denise Mina brilliantly manages to be funny, heart-wrenching, gut-punching and addictive all at once: A fabulous, captivating novel.
— Nicci French, author of the international betseller Day of the Dead
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A ride full of turns I wasn't expecting.... If you like mysteries, true crime podcasts, and the past-is-coming-to-get-you novels, pick this one up.
— Jamie Canaves, BookRiot
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A sparkling standalone . . . Mina underlines her versatile talents and doyenne status with a zesty tale imbued with plenty of up-to-the-minute issues. . . . There's a real verve to Mina's storytelling, which blends gut-punch moments with great characterization, a clever structure, and nice touches of black humor. Conviction is a whirlwind, in the finest way.
— Craig Sisterson, Mystery Scene
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Mina is admired for her deft handling of questions of conscience and culture -- and women's responses to them -- as much as her ability to write a cracking story.
— Libby Brooks, The Guardian [UK]
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A thriller that often evokes an almost Hitchcock-like air of paranoia, doubt, [and] double identities... with sinister train journeys and mordant wit.
— Stuart Kelly, The Scotsman