by Denise Mina
First published 2019
Anna McLean indulges her fascination with crime through podcasts while maintaining her facade as a respectable Edinburgh housewife. Her carefully constructed life crumbles when a new true-crime show connects to secrets she has worked hard to bury. The same day brings another blow: her husband leaves her for her closest friend. When Fin Cohen, a former rock musician and the betrayed husband of Anna's ex-friend, appears at her door, a neighbor photographs them together and posts the image online. With her identity compromised and dangerous figures from her past closing in, Anna must abandon everything. She takes Fin with her as they race across Europe, both running from threats they cannot escape. Their flight becomes a desperate chase where Anna's hidden history threatens to destroy not only her own life but also that of her unlikely companion.
Genres: mystery, crime, thriller
Vibes: intimate, suspenseful, thought-provoking
Tropes: forced-proximity, unreliable-narrator
Setting: Edinburgh, Europe
Period: contemporary
10 pages · Audio CD · Blackstone Pub