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The Long Drop

The Long Drop

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  • Release Date: 22/02/2018
  • Barcode: 9781784704858
  • Genre: Fiction
  • Sub-Genre: Crime Thrillers & Mystery
  • Imprint: Vintage
  • Publisher: Vintage Publishing
The Long Drop

The Long Drop

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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.

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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



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