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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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"[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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"One of the most talented, most daring, most humane writers of the past twenty years, an artist whose thrillers double as bracing moral inquiries. You finish a Denise Mina novel feeling enriched and enhanced, as though you'd just discovered some new virtue within yourself, some new inspiration. Conviction is her finest work to date: a dark star of a novel, blazingly intense, up-to-the-minute fresh, and exciting as all hell. Yet again, I'm astounded."
A.J. Finn, author of The Woman in the Window
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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