{"product_id":"the-less-dead-paperback","title":"The Less Dead - Paperback","description":"\u003cp\u003eby \u003cb\u003eDenise Mina\u003c\/b\u003e (Author)\u003c\/p\u003e\u003cp\u003e\u003cb\u003eIn this shocking thriller from the author of the \"blazingly intense\" Reese Witherspoon book club pick and national bestseller \u003ci\u003eConviction \u003c\/i\u003e(A. J. Finn), a woman in crisis finds herself on the hunt for her own mother's murderer.\u003c\/b\u003e \u003c\/p\u003e\u003cp\u003e\u003c\/p\u003e\u003ci\u003eShe thought she was finding her birth mother.\u003c\/i\u003e \u003cbr\u003e\u003ci\u003eNow she's searching for a killer.\u003c\/i\u003e \u003cp\u003e\u003c\/p\u003eDr. Margo Dunlop is at a crossroads. Her adoptive mom just passed away, and Margo misses her so much she can't begin to empty the house-or, it seems, get her brother on the phone. Not to mention she's newly single, secretly pregnant, and worried about her best friend's dangerous relationship. In an effort to cheer herself up she goes in search of her birth mother. Instead she finds Nikki, her mother's sister. Aunt Nikki isn't what Margo expects, and she brings upsetting news: Margo's mother is dead. Worse, she was murdered years ago, and her killer is still at large--and sending Nikki threatening letters. \u003cp\u003e\u003c\/p\u003eMargo is torn. Should she stay out of this mess, or try to find justice? But then Margo receives a letter, too. Someone out there has been waiting and watching, and in Margo sees the spitting image of her mother . . . \u003cp\u003e\u003c\/p\u003eDarkly funny and deeply affecting, \u003ci\u003eThe Less Dead\u003c\/i\u003e is a sharply modern new thriller from the bestselling author of \u003ci\u003eConviction, \u003c\/i\u003e and a surprisingly moving story of daughters and mothers, secrets and choices, and how the search for the truth--and a long-hidden killer--will lead one woman to find herself.\u003ch3\u003eAuthor Biography\u003c\/h3\u003e\u003cp\u003e\u003c\/p\u003e\u003cp\u003e\u003cb\u003eDenise Mina\u003c\/b\u003e is the author of fourteen novels, including \u003ci\u003eConviction\u003c\/i\u003e and \u003ci\u003eThe Long Drop\u003c\/i\u003e, winner of the 2017 McIlvanney Prize for Scottish crime book of the year, and the Garnethill trilogy, the first installment of which won the John Creasey Memorial Award for best first crime novel. Mina has twice received the Theakstons Old Peculier Crime Novel of the Year Award. She lives in Glasgow.\u003c\/p\u003e\u003cdiv\u003e\n\u003cstrong\u003eNumber of Pages:\u003c\/strong\u003e 352\u003c\/div\u003e\u003cdiv\u003e\n\u003cstrong\u003eDimensions:\u003c\/strong\u003e 1.02 x 8.32 x 5.55 IN\u003c\/div\u003e\u003cdiv\u003e\n\u003cstrong\u003ePublication Date:\u003c\/strong\u003e August 24, 2021\u003c\/div\u003e","brand":"Books by splitShops","offers":[{"title":"Default Title","offer_id":42692652466239,"sku":"9780316528535","price":16.99,"currency_code":"USD","in_stock":true}],"thumbnail_url":"\/\/cdn.shopify.com\/s\/files\/1\/0105\/8226\/1823\/files\/ad66fbf30f1bfb7cc4ceacfa923df571.webp?v=1764996132","url":"https:\/\/dhl-adrianne.myshopify.com\/products\/the-less-dead-paperback","provider":"BBB","version":"1.0","type":"link"}