Gods And Beasts
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3.9 • 16 Ratings
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- $11.99
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- $11.99
Publisher Description
It’s the week before Christmas when a lone robber bursts into a busy Glasgow post office carrying an AK-47. An elderly man suddenly hands his young grandson to a stranger and wordlessly helps the gunman fill bags with cash, then carries them to the door. He opens the door and bows his head; the robber fires the AK-47, tearing the grandfather in two.
Detective Alex Morrow, just returned to work after the birth of her twins, arrives on the scene and finds that the alarm system had been disabled before the robbery, but none of the employees can be linked to the gunman. The grandfather—a life-long campaigner for social justice—is above reproach. As Morrow searches for the killer, she discovers a hidden, sinister political network. Soon it is chillingly clear: no corner of the city is safe, and her involvement will go deeper than she could ever have imagined.
APPLE BOOKS REVIEW
Martin Pavel is in shock. A routine visit to the post office goes brutally wrong when a masked gunman kills the grandfather of a boy who clings to Pavel. As Detective Sergeant Alex Morrow untangles the case, a complex mystery emerges, plunging Morrow deep into Glasgow’s links between corrupt politicians and the underworld. A master of the densely plotted thriller, Denise Mina kept us riveted with her unerring gift for crafting true-to-life characters who struggle with the sometimes-grim realities of modern life.
PUBLISHERS WEEKLY
At the start of Scottish author Mina's excellent third crime novel featuring Det. Sgt. Alex Morrow (after 2011's The End of the Wasp Season), a lone gunman enters a Glasgow post office, where he orders the patrons to lie on the floor. An elderly gentleman hands his young grandson to a stranger and gets up to assist the robber by filling bags with cash. The gunman then cuts the old man down with a hail of bullets from his AK-47 pistol. Meanwhile, looming budget cuts and police layoffs lure two of Morrow's subordinates into stealing a pile of dirty drug money. Finally, a former labor hero turned politician is caught up in a sex scandal with a 17-year-old female staffer. While Mina keeps Alex's life outside of work mostly on the back burner, she ups the stakes by taking us into the dark, beating heart of modern Glasgow, where the real deals are struck and the spoils divided.
