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I had to suspend disbelief at the way that Anna transitioned from being a housewife and mother to being the driving force to unmask the real killers of the three people who set sail so innocently on the ''Dana'' only for it to explode and sink in the Bay of Biscay, but once I was past that point I was caught up in a breakneck chase. Characterisation is excellent and Denise Mina handles Anna McDonald with particular skill, given that she's really two characters in one. I liked Fin Cohen too: he's used to being recognised and has come to terms with the fact that everybody has a view on his eating disorder. He cares, about his wife and about Anna, if not necessarily about the people who sank with the ''Dana''.
The plot is good, if not brilliant. I really prefer Mina as the writer of [[Still Midnight by Denise Mina|police procedurals]] but I enjoyed ''Conviction '' and I'd like to thank the publishers for making a copy available to the Bookbag.
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