| 'A masterpiece by the woman who may be Britain s finest living crime novelist' Daily Telegraph'Relentlessly tense and exciting' Sunday MirrorWilliam 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 |
