This book is so, so good. Forensic, beautiful and gripping GRAHAM NORTON **WINNER OF THE 2017 MCILVANNEY PRIZE FOR SCOTTISH CRIME BOOK OF THE YEAR** **CHOSEN BYTHE TELEGRAPHAS ONE OF THE BEST CRIME BOOKS OF 2017** **CHOSEN BY THEFINANCIAL TIMESAS ONE OF THE BEST CRIME BOOKS OF 2017** **CHOSEN BY THEGUARDIANAS ONE OF THE BEST CRIME BOOKS OF 2017** **CHOSEN BY THESCOTSMANAS ONE OF THE BEST CRIME BOOKS OF 2017** Glasgow, 1957. It is a December night and William Watt is desperate. His family has been murdered and he needs to find out who killed them.

He arrives at a bar to meet Peter Manuel, who claims he can get hold of the gun that was used. But Watt soon realises that this infamous criminal will not give up information easily.

Inspired by true events,The Long Dropfollows Watt and Manuel along back streets and into smoky pubs, and on to the courtroom where the murder trial takes place. Can Manuel really be trusted to tell the truth? And how far will Watt go to get what he wants?

Theextraordinarystory of a 1950s Glasgow murder mystery Guardian

Amasterpieceby the woman who may be Britains finest living crime novelist Daily Telegraph

Absorbing this is a bravura performance, a true original Ian Rankin

Revisits a dark episode in Glasgows past Mina navigates the uneasy territory between fact and fiction with consummate grace Val McDermid

After a peripatetic childhood in Glasgow, Paris, London, Invergordon, Bergen and Perth,Denise Minaleft school at 16 before doing her law degree at Glasgow University. She subsequently studied for a PhD at Strathclyde. Her first novel,Garnethill, was published in 1998 and won the CWA John Creasey Dagger for Best First Crime Novel.

She has published 12 novels including the Garnethill series, Paddy Meehan and Alex Morrow series. She has been nominated for many prizes including the CWA Gold Dagger and has won the Theakstons Old Peculier Crime Novel of the Year Award twice. In addition to novels, Denise has also written plays and graphic novels including the graphic novel adaptation ofThe Girl With the Dragon Tattoo. In 2014, she was inducted into the Crime Writers Association Hall of Fame and was a judge for the Baileys Prize. She has also presented TV and radio programmes as well as appearing regularly in the media. She lives and works in Glasgow.