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Book SynopsisA MISSING FILMMAKER. A STOLEN ANTIQUE. SOMEONE WILL KILL TO STOP THEM BEING FOUND...
'Denise Mina is crime-writing royalty' Val McDermid, author of A Place of Execution
When filmmaker, Lisa Lee goes missing, alongside a priceless Roman silver casket, there is no doubt the two are linked together.
The day after her vanishing, the casket is listed for auction in Paris with a reserve price of fifty million euros.
On a thrilling chase across Europe to discover what happened to Lisa, journalists Anna and Fin are caught up in a world of international art smuggling, billionaire con artists and religious zealotry.
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'Riveting, fast-paced'
Sunday Times
'A joy to read'
Daily Telegraph
'A cinematic thriller... Hitchcockian'
The Times
*A Scotsman Book of the Year*
*PRE-ORDER THE SECOND MURDERER. Journey through the shadowy underbelly of 1950s LA with iconic detective Philip Marlowe in Denise Mina's new murder mystery. Out in July 2023. *
Trade ReviewDenise Mina is the cream of the crop, an author who
pushes the crime novel in new and exciting directions -- Ian Rankin
Denise Mina is crime-writing royalty -- Val McDermid
Riveting, fast-paced * Sunday Times *
A cinematic thriller... Hitchcockian * The Times *
[It is Mina's]
sulphurous wit that makes her books
a joy to read * Daily Telegraph *
