When one of these women is found murdered in London, Maureen travels there to try to find out what happened.įinally, in the third and final novel in the trilogy, “ Resolution“, Maureen’s abusive father returns to Glasgow. A victim of family sexual abuse herself, she has great empathy for these women who seek assistance at the shelter. The second novel, “ Exile” finds Maureen working with abused women at Glasgow Women’s Aid.

She soon uncovers a trail of deception and repressed scandal that could clear her name – or make her the next victim. Determined to clear her name, Maureen undertakes her own investigation and learns of a similar murder at a local psychiatric hospital. In the first novel, “ Garnethill“, Maureen O’Donnell wakes up one morning to find her therapist boyfriend murdered in the middle of her living room and herself a prime suspect in a murder case. “Garnethill” won the CWA John Creasy Dagger for Best First Crime Novel. The trilogy is set in Glasgow, Scotland and features Maureen O’Donnell. Gritty and real, these novels are dark in tone and subject with brilliant characterization and writing. Her Garnethill trilogy is ‘ tartan noir‘ at its finest.

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