Confidence

Deception. Theft. Murder. All you need is confidence. When Lisa Lee, a vulnerable young woman, vanishes from a pretty Scottish seaside town Anna and Fin find themselves at the centre of an internet frenzy to find her. But Lisa may not be the hapless victim her father thinks. She had an unsuccessful YouTube channel and her last film showed her breaking into an abandoned French Chateau with other UrbExers and stumbling across a priceless Roman silver casket. One day after Lisa vanishes that casket gets listed for auction in Paris, reserve price fifty million euro and a catalogue entry that could challenge the fundamental principles of a major world religion. On a thrilling chase across Europe, Anna and Fin are caught up in a world of international art smuggling, billionaire con artists and religious zealotry. Confidence, is a thrill of a novel from one of crime writing’s most accomplished authors.

Reviews of Confidence

Denise Mina gets to the heart of what crime really is. You feel like you are right there, in all the dark nooks and crannies that her characters inhabit — Karin Slaughter

Denise Mina is the cream of the crop, an author who pushes the crime novel in new and exciting directions — Ian Rankin

Denise Mina brilliantly manages to be funny, heart-wrenching, gut-punching and addictive all at once — Nicci French

Denise Mina is crime-writing royalty — Val McDermid

One of the most talented, most daring, most humane writers of the past twenty years — A. J. Finn