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The Long Drop Summary

The Long Drop by Denise Mina

'A masterpiece by the woman who may be Britain's finest living crime novelist' Daily Telegraph

**WINNER OF THE 2017 MCILVANNEY PRIZE FOR SCOTTISH CRIME BOOK OF THE YEAR**

**CHOSEN BY THE TELEGRAPH AS ONE OF THE BEST CRIME BOOKS OF 2017**
**CHOSEN BY THE FINANCIAL TIMES AS ONE OF THE BEST CRIME BOOKS OF 2017**
**CHOSEN BY THE GUARDIAN AS ONE OF THE BEST CRIME BOOKS OF 2017**
**CHOSEN BY THE SCOTSMAN AS ONE OF THE BEST CRIME BOOKS OF 2017**

'Relentlessly tense and exciting' Sunday Mirror

William Watt wants answers about his family's murder. Peter Manuel has them. But Peter Manuel is a liar.

William Watt is an ordinary businessman, a fool, a social climber.

Peter Manuel is a famous liar, a rapist, a criminal. He claims he can get hold of the gun used to murder Watt's family.

One December night in 1957, Watt meets Manuel in a Glasgow bar to find out what he knows.

Based on true events, The Long Drop is an extraordinarily unsettling, evocative and compelling novel from a writer at the height of her powers.

'The Long Drop is not just a success and a thrilling read in its own right, but a game-changer for the genre' Scotland on Sunday

The Long Drop Reviews

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
Not a single word is wasted in this beautifully written novel. Unsettling, evocative and staggeringly good, it is possibly Mina's finest achievement * Daily Express *
A wonderfully atmospheric, unsettling read. -- Louise Rhind-Tutt * i *
Deeply unsettling and thought provoking in all the best ways -- Doug Johnstone * Big Issue *
The Long Drop is an exceptional book. The pages reek of fifties Glasgow, forming an oppressive backdrop to a true crime story that fascinates and appals from start to finish. Mina's prose cuts to the bone, laying bare the prideful wickedness of men in a tale that is as often touching as it is frightening. A feast of a crime novel. * Stuart Neville *
The Long Drop is a fascinating, quietly insidious work, unsettling but absorbing -- Marcel Berlins * The Times *
It is a beautifully written book, a masterpiece by the woman who may be Britain's finest living crime novelist * Daily Telegraph *

About Denise Mina

After a peripatetic childhood in Glasgow, Paris, London, Invergordon, Bergen and Perth, Denise Mina left school at 16 before doing her law degree at Glasgow University. She subsequently studied for a PhD at Strathclyde. Her first novel, Garnethill, was published in 1998 and won the CWA John Creasey Dagger for Best First Crime Novel.

She has published 12 novels including the Garnethill series, Paddy Meehan and Alex Morrow series. She has been nominated for many prizes including the CWA Gold Dagger and has won the Theakstons Old Peculier Crime Novel of the Year Award twice. In addition to novels, Denise has also written plays and graphic novels including the graphic novel adaptation of The Girl With the Dragon Tattoo. In 2014, she was inducted into the Crime Writers' Association Hall of Fame and was a judge for the Bailey's Prize. She has also presented TV and radio programmes as well as appearing regularly in the media. She lives and works in Glasgow.

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GOR008119730

ISBN 13

9781911215233

ISBN 10

191121523X

Title

The Long Drop by Denise Mina

Author

Denise Mina

Condition

Used - Very Good

Binding type

Hardback

Publisher

Vintage Publishing

Year published

20170302

Number of pages

240

Prizes

Winner of Gordon Burn Prize 2017 (UK) Winner of Bloody Scotland McIlvanney Prize 2017 (UK) Short-listed for Saltire Society Fiction Book of the Year 2017 (UK) Short-listed for CWA Endeavour Historical Dagger 2017 (UK) Short-listed for Theakstons Old Peculier Crime Novel of the Year 2018 (UK)

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