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Gods And Beasts - Alex Morrow Book 3 by Denise Mina

mirpallo's review against another edition

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adventurous dark mysterious medium-paced
  • Plot- or character-driven? Plot
  • Strong character development? No
  • Loveable characters? No
  • Diverse cast of characters? Yes
  • Flaws of characters a main focus? Yes

3.0

andrew61's review against another edition

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4.0

This is the third in the Alex morrow series and is typical of what I like about Denise mina's writing , good plots with very up to date themes, well drawn characters, and stories about the main characters that suggest future interesting threads.
In this story a post office robbery involves the inexplicable shooting of a grandfather with links to the local Labour party. Several threads then move the plot along including somewhat interestingly given the news at the moment an mps sex scandal. It definitely had me turning the pages.
Best of all the relationship between Alex and her brother has so much potential that I can't wait to read book number 4.

bgg616's review against another edition

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4.0

Another good noir mystery from Denise Mina. The underbelly of Glasgow is menacing, and it spills over into everyday life. This story's characters include a career politician, a grandfather murdered in a post office, a mysterious wealthy young man with bizarre tatoos, and the detective DS Alex Morrow. Alex Morrow is a compelling character, the mother of 4-month-old twins, and you wonder how she does it and why.

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5.0

I enjoyed every page of this novel. It begins with a dramatic act of violence and then independently tells different, at times apparently unconnected, storylines that don't offer the expected stories of victim, killer, and detective. The relationship between Morrow and her gangster half-brother, Danny, becomes the ground for widespread confusion of "good guys" with "bad guys." I especially loved the character of golden boy MP Kenny Gallagher. It's no surprise that he's a raving narcissist, but stepping inside his head was still shocking.

lisagray68's review against another edition

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5.0

Denise Mina is one of my fave crime writers. I will read whatever she writes!

carlymford's review against another edition

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3.0

I don't love Alex Morrow as much as I love Paddy Meehan, and this book felt very unresolved. I guess there will be a sequel, but Alex's "cop persona" is not attractive to me. BRING BACK PADDY!

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4.0

Great complex character development. Two twists at the end. One out of nowhere!

Alex is squeaky clean now but can she stay that way as she gets closer to her brother Danny?

Thought it was a bit odd that we did not learn more about the postal workers.

bethnellvaccaro's review against another edition

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4.0

Another great volume in the Alex Morrow series. Don't get to know too much more about Morrow, but that was okay with me. Her Glasgow is very different than the one I visited as a tourist.

toniapeckover's review against another edition

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dark mysterious fast-paced

3.5

Not as amazing as the previous book, but a solid, well-conceived and written series.

nonna7's review against another edition

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4.0

Reading Denise Mina is always such a pleasure. Her books are multilayered with more than one story line. This one is no exception. This is actually the first DI Morrow I've read. There were two previous ones: Still Midnight & The End of the Wasp Season. In this one, DI Alex Morrow is back from maternity leave after giving birth to twin boys. She and her husband are juggling their care, and she's not getting much sleep as a result. There are three stories that come together at the end: a robbery and murder at a local post office, a Labor politician who has been unable to resist the trappings of power and two police officers who are unable to resist the taking a bag of money from the car of a drug dealer. Interwoven throughout is Alex's on again/off again relationship with her half brother who is also the local mobster. He claims he is getting into legitimate businesses. Mina writes so well. There isn't a lot of waste nor is there any silliness. The best thing is her characters. The police aren't supermen or wonder women - just people trying to do their jobs. People aren't bad or good. They are just normal people. Underlying the story is what happens when the economic basis of a society falls apart.