The Less Dead

 Fiction by Denise Mina

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Margo's adoptive mother has recently died, and she's meant to be cleaning out the house. Instead Margo finds herself looking for her biological mother and finding only an aunt who seems a little crazy. Plus she's just broken up with her boyfriend for no good reason.

I really liked the characters in this story, with the possible exception of Margo herself, and the plot was pretty good. Still, I didn't love the book. This is the third novel by this author I've read, and I think I'm giving up on her. It's not bad, but not great either.

I also read recently by this author: The Long Drop