Edge of the Grave

By Robbie Morrison

Book Overview

Winner of the 2021 Bloody Scotland Debut Crime Novel of the Year AwardShortlisted for the 2022 CWA Historical Dagger AwardShortlisted for the 2021 McIlvanney Prize for Scottish Crime Book of the Year The first novel in a historical crime series set against the backdrop of 1930s Glasgow. For fans of Denise Mina, Philip Kerr, and William McIlvanney's Laidlaw. 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?Set in a city still recovering from WWI, split by religious division and swarming with razor gangs, Edge of the Grave is Robbie Morrison's first book in a dark historical crime series set in 1930s Glasgow.

• Format: Paperback
• Language: English
• ISBN: 1529054036
• ISBN13: 9781529054033
• Release Date: January 1
• Publisher: Pan Publishing
• Length: 416 Pages
• Weight: 0.70 lbs.
• Dimensions: 1.1" x 5.1" x 7.7"
• Age Range: 18 years and up