The Red Road

Alex Morrow faces her toughest opponents yet in this brilliant new thriller about criminals, consequences, and convictions. Police detective Alex Morrow has met plenty of unsavory characters in her line of work, but arms dealer Mark Lynch ranks among the most brutal and damaged of the criminals shes known. Morrow is serving as a witness in Lynchs trial, where the case hinges on his fingerprints found on the guns he sells. When the investigation leads to both a privileged Scottish lawyer whos expecting to be assassinated after a money laundering scheme goes bad and a woman whos spying on the people who put her in jail, Morrow has her hands full. And thats before she even gets to her family issues. The Red Roadis a thrilling new novel from a masterful writer, proving once again that if you dont love Denise Mina, you dont love crime fiction (Val McDermid).