Currently Reading - Still Midnight, Denise Mina

This book comes with the following quote on the front cover:

'The most exciting crime writer to have emerged in Britain for years'  Ian Rankin

Now normally you have to take those quotes with a grain of salt, but seriously, if you've never read any of Denise Mina's books it's a gap you should fill.  Her Garnethill trilogy (Garnethill, Exile and Resolution) are simply mind-bogglingly good.  Compromised, flawed central heroine - fantastic books.

Still Midnight features another fantastic female central character - Alex Morrow.

From the Blurb:

It's the case that could make DS Alex Morrow's career, it would make any cop salivate.  A home invaded in the dead of night, deep in the heart of the cosy suburbs; a hard working family at the heart of it and a vulnerable old man taken hostage.  It's high profile, a black-and-white case and it shouldn't be hard to solve....

Opening Lines:

An orange Sainsbury's plastic bag in full sail floated along the dark pavement.  Belly bowed, handles erect, it sashayed like a Victorian gentleman on a Sunday stroll, passed a garden gate and followed the line of the low rockery wall until a sudden breeze buffeted it, lifting the fat bag off its heals, slamming it into the side of a large white van.