THE LONG DROP

William Watt is an ordinary businessman, a social climber, a fool. The local community is convinced that he has murdered his family. Peter Manuel is a famous liar, a rapist, a criminal. He claims he can get hold of the gun that was used. Watt is desperate to prove his innocence. One December night in 1957, he meets Manuel in a Glasgow bar to find out what he knows . . . ‘The extraordinary story of a 1950s Glasgow murder mystery’ Guardian ‘The most exciting crime writer to have emerged in Britain for years’ Ian Rankin ‘Mina can chill your blood and break your heart in the same sentence’ Mark Billingham