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product_id: 201565808
title: "The End of the Wasp Season Paperback – 16 Feb. 2012"
brand: "denise mina"
price: "R170"
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reviews_count: 7
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# The End of the Wasp Season Paperback – 16 Feb. 2012

**Brand:** denise mina
**Price:** R170
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- **What is this?** The End of the Wasp Season Paperback – 16 Feb. 2012 by denise mina
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## Customer Reviews

### ⭐⭐⭐⭐⭐ 







  
  
    Excellent
  

*by W***Y on Reviewed in the United Kingdom on 24 July 2022*

I am new to Denise Mina books and was hooked from the first one. Fairly fast paced and you feel part of the action.

### ⭐⭐⭐⭐ 







  
  
    Quality prose, great protagonist
  

*by E***N on Reviewed in the United Kingdom on 29 August 2013*

If you're looking for cliffhangers and jaw-dropping twists of plot, this may not be the book for you. If, however, you enjoy discovering the whydunnit rather than the who, and appreciate being guided on that journey by a skilled and talented writer, then you won't be disappointed by Denise Mina's The End of the Wasp Season.The novel opens with the brutal murder of a young woman in an old-money suburb of Glasgow. So brutal that DI Alex Morrow's usually hardened team of cops can't even bear to look at what's left of the woman's face. Mercifully, the worst of the gore is largely absent from Mina's description. In the best tradition of horror movies/novels she leaves it to the reader's imagination to picture the damage that's been wrought.We soon discover who has committed the crime and follow one perpetrator's point of view, gradually uncovering the reason the woman was killed.The story features both ends of the social spectrum - from a spoilt and dysfunctional millionaire's family living in luxury in the south of England, to the single mother of four struggling to survive on a cleaner's pay, living on a crime ridden scheme in Glasgow. The portrayal of both families is convincing and at times sympathetic. Frustratingly, the brief glimpse we get into DI Alex Morrow's family life raises more questions than answers.A minor criticism would be the way Morrow manages to solve the whodunnit. It felt a little contrived. But that really isn't what this story is about. Seen as an exploration of the psychology of crime, it really does tick all the boxes.The writing is a delight throughout, every metaphor and simile carefully measured and judiciously placed. There's no linguistic showing off just for the sake of it. The language does exactly what it should, painting a vivid picture without getting in the way of the story.If you're yet to discover the work of Denise Mina, you're in for a treat. If you already have, add this to your 'must read' list.

### ⭐⭐⭐⭐ 







  
  
    Good and getting better
  

*by P***S on Reviewed in the United Kingdom on 17 September 2020*

This is the second of this author’s crime novels I have read. I am reading the Alex Morrow series in order, largely as I saw Val McDermid, one of my very favourite authors, recommend DM strongly. This book  for me was a great improvement on the first. Perhaps I needed to adapt to the writing style and concept. The writing is good throughout and I like the way DM assumes her readers have a brain - always a good start. There are several interesting, if not wholly original, themes running  through this, with the ‘why’ being more important than the ‘who’. Having said that, there is an interesting ending, any more would be a spoiler. I have ordered the third in the series on the strength of this book; after the first, I was definitely in two minds, but this moved up several notches. I do enjoy finding a new crime writer!

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