Field of Blood

I loved the main character Paddy Meehan’s voice in this series. Paddy is a lowly copygirl at a Glasgow newspaper with dreams of becoming an investigative journalist during a time when girls are expected to marry out of high school and have babies, not unlike the way things were when I entered the work world. Paddy is intelligent and driven and so outside the mold that her family and boyfriend, indeed the Scottish community, cannot understand her drive to be more than what society demands she should be. She’s someone I rooted for every step of the way as she… show more.

The first in Mina’s Paddy Meehan series set in Glasgow in the 1980s and 90s. Paddy is a newbie on the Scottish Daily News, who dreams of becoming an investigative reporter. A child is abducted from the garden of his house, and the trail leads to two young lads. But Paddy doesn’t believe the lads acted alone and launches her own investigation. Headstrong, ambitious, and wet behind the ears, Paddy also has to combat rampant sexism and Catholic guilt. In an intriguing subplot, Mina weaves fact into fiction through Paddy’s obsession with her namesake. The real Paddy Meehan was… show more.