Edge Grave Winner Bloody Scotland Crime Debut

Winner of The Bloody Scotland Crime Debut of the Year Shortlisted for the McIlvanney Prize for Scottish Crime Book of the Year 2021 and the CWA Historical Dagger 2022Edge of the Grave by Robbie Morrison is a dark historical crime novel set in 1930s Glasgow. A city still recovering from the Great War split by religious division and swarming with razor gangs. For fans of William McIlvanneys Laidlaw, Denise Mina and Philip Kerr. Peaky Blinders meets William McIlvanney in this rollocking riveting read Adrian McKinty, author of The ChainGlasgow, 1932. When the soninlaw of one of the citys wealthiest shipbuilders is found floating in the River Clyde with his throat cut, it falls to Inspector Jimmy Dreghorn to lead the murder case despite sharing a troubled history with the victims widow, Isla Lockhart. From the flying fists and flashing blades of Glasgows gangland underworld, to the backstabbing upper echelons of government and big business, Dreghorn and his partner Bonnie Archie McDaid will have to dig deep into Glasgow society to find out who wanted the man dead and why. All the while, a sadistic murderer stalks the postwar city leaving a trail of dead bodies in their wake. As the case deepens, will Dreghorn find the killer or lose his own life in the process?Astounding. Tense, absorbing and dripping with gallus Glasgow humour, this book is absolutely wonderful Abir Mukherjee, author of the Wyndham Banerjee seriesA magnificent and enthralling portrait of a dark and dangerous... | Robbie Morrison Edge of the Grave : Winner of The Bloody Scotland Crime Debut of