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Field of Blood [Abridged, Audiobook] [Audio CD]

Denise Mina (Author), Heather O'Neill (Reader)
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July 1, 2005
A neophyte journalist becomes intimately involved in her first assignment: a brutal murder. The explosive start of a new series by the author of the acclaimed Garnethill trilogy.

Little Brian Wilcox’s murder is the hottest story in Scotland. Every major newspaper crowds its pages with stories examining the crime from every angle. If only Paddy Meehan could get a scoop on the case. A nationally syndicated story would surely launch her fledgling journalism career out of the free local rag she’s been working at.

But when the connection Paddy had been hoping for finally comes, it only threatens her career and family. Callum, her fiancé Sean’s young cousin, is implicated in Brian’s murder, and when Paddy foolishly confides in her equally ambitious coworker, Heather, all hell breaks loose. Heather betrays her and sells the story to a major newspaper, making the entire Meehan clan turn on Paddy. The only way Paddy can redeem herself in their eyes is to clear Callum’s name. As Glasgow buzzes with the scandal, Paddy notices a similarity between Brian’s murder and the murder of a local boy several years earlier. Using her investigative skills, Paddy sets out to solve the murder.


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It's a pleasure to listen to O'Neill's lovely Scottish rhythms and accent narrating this alternately amusing and chilling mystery of the recent death of a three-year-old—a death intricately connected with a similar murder a decade earlier. O'Neill's diction is so clear that not a word is lost within her accent, and she easily differentiates the characters, youthful and elderly, male and female, Scottish and Irish. Though her squeaky, high-pitched voice for Paddy Meehan, our young protagonist, "copyboy" and aspiring journalist, is often irksome, she helps us empathize with Paddy's struggles with body-image, sexual yearnings, and her desire to make it in the male domains of the newsroom and the barroom. Paddy's small town near Glasgow, populated by Scottish Protestants and Irish Catholic immigrants, is fraught with political and religious tensions that complicate her life as much as the murder plot. The abridgment occasionally leaves listeners slightly puzzled, but all is satisfyingly resolved at the end of this psychologically complex tale of a girl seeking her identity and her values as a woman and would-be professional in relation to family, friends and community.
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Mina . . . has helped make Scotland a leading exporter of world-class crime fiction. (The Washington Post )

Mina's writing, her sense of place and social fabric and her keenly delineated characters surpass genre designation. This is more than crime fiction, and Heather O'Neill's intelligent performance with its authentic Scot's burr is a perfect match for it. (BookPage )

The combination of Mina's skillful style and O'Neill's storytelling makes this . . . one of those hypnotizing audiobooks. . . .

Product Details

  • Audio CD
  • Publisher: HighBridge Company; Abridged edition (July 1, 2005)
  • Language: English
  • ISBN-10: 1565119649
  • ISBN-13: 978-1565119642
  • Product Dimensions: 5 x 5.9 x 1 inches
  • Shipping Weight: 7.2 ounces
  • Average Customer Review: 5.0 out of 5 stars  See all reviews (1 customer review)
  • Amazon Best Sellers Rank: #2,178,240 in Books (See Top 100 in Books)

 

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5.0 out of 5 stars DISTURBING, FASCINATING LISTENING, August 19, 2005
This review is from: Field of Blood (Audio CD)

Those who remember "Deception" or "Garnethill" by the amazing Scottish author Denise Mina know that they're in for an unrelenting look at the bleakness of life as well as telling insights into the hearts and minds of her characters. Mina's genre is crime fiction - yes, but with a difference.

Heather O'Neill also makes an enormous difference for listeners as she gives authentic, unvarnished voice to the story of young Paddy Meehan who wants to climb the ladder, but at what cost? O'Neill's voice performance makes a moving, suspenseful story even more stunning.

Paddy is employed at the Scottish Daily News as a copygirl. Of course, she hopes to get ahead, to be a reporter of note. It would seem that her opportunity arrives with the shocking killing of an innocent three-year-old, Brian Wilcox. That story is not only a heartbreaker but a headline grabber as well.

As luck or fate would have it, one of the young boys suspected of the killing is a cousin of her fiancé. She asks for his help in interviewing the boy only to open a surprising Pandora's box which may bring great harm to herself, her family, and the boy himself. She's made some quick decisions in her quest for success. How far should she go?

"Field of Blood" is a disturbing, fascinating listen - don't miss it.

- Gail Cooke
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