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When an influential shipbuilder is found with his throat slit in the River Clyde, Inspector James Dreghorn must look for answers in the dark and murky underworld of 1930s Glasgow in this chilling slice of historical crime.
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Winner of the Bloody Scotland Scottish Crime Debut of the Year 2021
Shortlisted for the McIlvanney Prize 2021
Glasgow, 1932. When the son-in-law of one of the city's 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 victim's widow, Isla Lockhart.
From the flying fists and flashing blades of Glasgow's 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 post-war 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?
Edge of the Grave by Robbie Morrison is a dark historical crime novel set in Glasgow, 1932. A city still recovering from the Great War; split by religious division and swarming with razor gangs. For fans of William McIlvanney's Laidlaw, Denise Mina and Philip Kerr.
Publisher: Pan Macmillan
ISBN: 2928377075866
Number of pages: 416
Dimensions: 197 x 130 mm
What a fantastic debut. Tautly plotted with an evocative sense of time and place, this deserves to be absolutely huge. DI Dreghorn is a rare creature, a Catholic policeman in Glasgow at the start of the 1930s. The... More
Religious sectarianism has been rife in Scotland for centuries, and the centre of it all was in Glasgow.
The Glasgow gangs of the 1920s and 1930s were widely viewed as fighting gangs rather than as criminal gangs in...
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Welcome to the world of Detective Inspector Dreghorn and Detective Seargeant McDaid as they investigate the murder of Charles Geddes part of one of Glasgows richest families.
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