Deception

By: Denise Mina

Narrated by: Richard Matthews

From Scotland's most exciting up-and-coming mystery novelist comes a story of Lachlan Harriot, a man who refuses to believe his wife, Susie, is a killer - even though she had been working with Andrew Gow, a paroled serial killer, as his court-appointed psychologist, when she was found covered in blood near the spot where his and his wife's bodies were discovered. Desperate to clear his wife's name, Lachlan searches her home office for proof of her innocence. What he finds in this formerly off-limits place is an unimaginable world that makes him question his wife and their life together. But something continues to trouble him, and he, believing that this is where the truth lies, follows his hunch beyond all reason and hope.

"A masterstroke of compelling originality that more than lives up to the promise of Mina's Garnethill trilogy" (Daily Record, U.K.)©2004 Denise Mina; (P)2004 Books on Tape

Engaging characterization in spite of accent drift

I enjoyed the quick immersion into the character's circumstances and following him through the process of realization / "un-deception". While the reveals of past events are well built, it is the emotional journey which stands out. A native Glaswegian would have helped as the accent veered at times and, having grown up in Glasgow, I found this distracted a little. However the narrator's pace, emphasis and emotional balance of the read meant this audiobook was still enjoyable.

Hang In there

It took me a little while to adjust to the fact that this book would be told in the first person in the form of a journal, but soon I found myself absorbed in this man's dilemma. I started to care how things would turn out for the characters and to wonder about the truth of the murder mystery. Stick with it through the beginning and the story builds. I'll look for other books by this author.

incredible....

Great story and characters. I could not stop listening to this story. I think this is probably the best buy I have done at audible.

Mina is the best

Denise Mina's writing is finely wrought, her novels happen to be about crime, but the well developed characters far outshine their genre peers. This was not my favorite Mina treat, but it is well written and engaging.

Realistic and riveting

It's funny that those stories that are predictable are the most unrealistic. You find you know what the characters are going to do, not because you would do the same in their place, but because you know what this type of character does in this type of situation. Denise Mina has written a good story with a believable twist AND her characters act like real people. The husband goes back and forth between I trust her/I don't trust her, she did it/she couldn't have done it. The reader is superb with no jarringly false voices. I look forward to more books from Ms. Mina.