The Long Drop

A masterpiece by the woman who may be Britain's finest living crime novelist. (Daily Telegraph). -Relentlessly tense and exciting-. (Sunday Mirror). 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. Based on true events, The Long Drop is an extraordinarily unsettling, evocative and compelling novel from a writer at the height of her powers. -The Long Drop is not just a success and a thrilling read in its own right, but a game-changer for the genre-. (Scotland on Sunday).