Edge of the Grave
Jimmy Dreghorn, Book One
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Winner of the 2021 Bloody Scotland Debut Crime Novel of the Year Award Shortlisted for the 2022 CWA Historical Dagger Award Shortlisted 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.
About this Author
Robbie Morrison was born in Helensburgh, Scotland, and grew up in the Renton, Coatbridge, Linwood and Houston. On both sides, his family connection to shipbuilding in Glasgow and the surrounding areas stretches back four generations and is a source of inspiration for the Jimmy Dreghorn series. He sold his first script to publishers DC Thomson in Dundee at the age of twenty-three. One of the most respected writers in the UK comics industry, Edge of the Grave is Robbie's first novel.
Reviews
"Terrific...A historical tour de force along with a brilliant plot." The Globe and Mail
"Edge of the Grave [is] a masterful piece of grit announcing that Robbie Morrison was joining the ranks of amazing Scottish murder mystery authors: Sir Ian Rankin, Val Mcdermid, Alex Gray, Stuart MacBride." Winnipeg Free Press
"A hugely impressive debut." Evening Standard
"A Glaswegian version of Peaky Blinders, with razor gangs brawling in the street and festering family secrets...A dark and powerful story." Sunday Times
"Powerful and moving...Morrison's portrait of Glasgow and its denizens - both the vicious and the virtuous - is superb." Literary Review
"A mesmerizing debut. Early gangland Glasgow with the gloss razored off." Peter James
"A magnificent and enthralling portrait of a dark and dangerous city... Chilling and brutal, but also deeply moving and, most importantly, beautifully written." Mark Billingham
"Peaky Blinders meets William McIlvanney in this rollocking riveting read." Adrian McKinty, bestselling author of The Chain
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