Slip of the Knife: A Novel Review

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Slip of the Knife: A Novel ReviewI have only one complaint about Scottish author Mina's terrific Paddy Meehan series - her heroine is getting older way too fast.
In her first appearance, "Field of Blood," set in 1981, Paddy is an ambitious, working class, insecure teenage copy-boy at the "Daily News;" in "The Dead Hour, three years later, she's a 21-year-old rookie reporter.
Now, in her third appearance, it's 1990, she's a successful and controversial columnist and the single mother of a five year old boy, Pete. She's still independent, prickly and self-conscious about her weight, but now she's the one pushing aside the rookies.
Mina sets her stories in the ugly thicket of sectarian conflict between Catholic (Irish) and protestant, which is nearly as volatile in Glasgow as in Northern Ireland. Though Paddy's background is as Irish and Catholic as they come, she has never been a believer and aligns herself strictly on the side of justice.
The story opens with the murder of an old boyfriend - and former mentor and colleague - Terry Hewitt. Terry, middle class, educated, and coolly confident, had left the paper to become a hotshot foreign correspondent. Now, found naked in a ditch, shot through the head, Terry's murder has the hallmarks of an IRA hit.
Though things ended rather badly with Terry, he has named her as his executor and left her a crumbling house in a smart area. As the story proceeds and Paddy delves into his life and work, she begins to understand Terry's defensive personality in a way that was beyond her as a young girl. As her sympathy grows, so do her suspicions.
As the number of deaths mount and Paddy's son is threatened, her determination grows in proportion with her fear. As always Mina is subtle, developing the grit and politics of the city and her characters along with the mystery. She perfectly captures the thrill and desperation of a mother's love, Paddy's growing comfort with herself, the anguish and joy of her family ties, and the roil and backbiting of her professional life.
Though it's not necessary to read the Paddy Meehan novels in order, Mina's character development is so nuanced and thoughtful that it enhances the enjoyment to start at the beginning.Slip of the Knife: A Novel Overview

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