Denise Mina

The End of the Wasp Season Denise Mina

When notorious millionaire banker Lars Anderson hangs himself from the old oak tree in front of his mansion, his death attracts no sympathy; to a world nursing a financial hangover, it just means one less shark in the waters. But the repercussions of his lifetime of selfishness are widespread, and the carnage is most acute among those he ought to have protected: his family. Anderson leaves behind two deeply wounded children and a broken wife-all of whom are unsure how to move forward, now that they're free of his control. Meanwhile, in a wealthy suburb of Glasgow, a young woman is savagely murdered in what appears to be a vicious random attack. When Detective Inspector Alex Morrow, heavily pregnant with twins, is called in to investigate, she soon discovers that a tangled web of lies lurks behind the murder. It's a web that will spread to Alex's own home and her past and ultimately right back to a swinging rope, hundreds of miles away. The End of the Wasp Season is a compelling, multilayered novel about damage and redemption, a powerful thriller about what some people will-and won't-do for their own flesh and blood.