The Long Drop - Ausgezeichnet: Gordon Burn Prize, 2017. Nominiert: Saltire Society Fiction Book of the Year, 2017. Ausgezeichnet: Bloody Scotland McIlvanney Prize, 2017. Nominiert: CWA Endeavour Historical Dagger, 2017.
Verlag | Random House UK |
Auflage | 2018 |
Seiten | 256 |
Format | 12,9 x 19,8 x 1,6 cm |
B-format paperback | |
Gewicht | 211 g |
Artikeltyp | Englisches Buch |
ISBN-10 | 1784704857 |
EAN | 9781784704858 |
Bestell-Nr | 78470485UA |
A thrilling literary suspense novel from the multi-award-winning crime writer
Klappentext:
'A masterpiece by the woman who may be Britain's finest living crime novelist' Daily Telegraph
'Absorbing... this is a bravura performance, a true original' Ian Rankin
Glasgow, 1957. It is a December night and William Watt is desperate. His family has been murdered and he needs to find out who killed them.
He arrives at a bar to meet Peter Manuel, who claims he can get hold of the gun that was used. But Watt soon realises that this infamous criminal will not give up information easily.
Inspired by true events, The Long Drop follows Watt and Manuel along back streets and into smoky pubs, and on to the courtroom where the murder trial takes place. Can Manuel really be trusted to tell the truth? And how far will Watt go to get what he wants?
__A TIMES TOP 10 CRIME NOVEL OF THE DECADE__
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Praise for THE LONG DROP:
'Extraordinary' Guardian
'This book is so, so good. Forensic, beautiful and gripping' Graham Norton
'Revisits a dark episode in Glasgow's past... Mina navigates the uneasy territory between fact and fiction with consummate grace' Val McDermid
Rezension:
Angry, vital and unputdownable, The Long Drop's themes of self-deception resonate long after the final page. This is crime fiction at its very best Joseph Knox, author of Sirens