The Long Drop

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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.

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SKU: 9781784704858 Category: Publisher/imprint : Vintage
Page count : 235
Published on 22nd February, 2018

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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

*Don’t miss Denise Mina’s most recent thriller, the Costa 2020 shortlisted, THE LESS DEAD*

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Weight 0.207 kg
Dimensions 19.8 × 12.9 × 1.6 cm
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