Alex Morrow The End of the Wasp Season, Book 2, (Paperback)

from nicx27

I have never read a Denise Mina book before, and I understand this is the second in a series featuring DS Alex Morrow. However, it is a book that can be read quite well as a standalone novel. Alex is investigating the brutal murder of a young woman in Glasgow and how it may be linked to the suici...

from austcrimefiction

The second in the Alex Morrow series, THE END OF THE WASP SEASON is a book that it would be possible to read before the earlier. The opening chapters of the book introduces the reader to the three women at the centre of this story - DS Alex Morrow, Kay Murray who worked for Sarah Erroll and Sarah...

from ElizabethBevins

Wow! This was one of those murder mysteries that I could NOT put down. It was the first book I've read by Denise Mina but not the last. I can't wait to read more by her. I'd classify this book as a literary detective thriller. Mina uses beautiful language to describe both the mundane and the grue...

from cathyskye

I have long been a Denise Mina fan. I devoured-- and was spellbound-- by her Garnethill and Paddy Meehan trilogies, and enjoyed the first Alex Morrow mystery, Still Midnight, when it was first released. When I began reading The End of the Wasp Season, I almost felt as though I needed a re-read of...

from herschelian

I have only recently discovered Denise Mina's crime fiction - and I am hooked! This book is a wonderfully complex tale of murder, bad parenting, class priviledge and prejudice, and the internal politics of the police force in Glasgow. Highly recommend.