{"product_id":"edge-of-the-grave-1","title":"Edge Of The Grave","description":"\u0026lt;p\u0026gt;\u0026lt;b\u0026gt;Winner of The Bloody Scotland Crime Debut of the Year 2021\u0026lt;\/b\u0026gt;\u0026lt;br\u0026gt;\u0026lt;br\u0026gt;\u0026lt;b\u0026gt;Shortlisted for the McIlvanney Prize for Scottish Crime Book of the Year 2021 and the CWA Historical Dagger 2022\u0026lt;\/b\u0026gt;\u0026lt;br\u0026gt;\u0026lt;br\u0026gt;\u0026lt;b\u0026gt;'A mesmerizing debut. Early gangland Glasgow with the gloss razored off' \u0026amp;ndash; Peter James\u0026lt;\/b\u0026gt;\u0026lt;br\u0026gt;\u0026lt;br\u0026gt;\u0026lt;b\u0026gt;'\u0026lt;i\u0026gt;Peaky Blinders\u0026lt;\/i\u0026gt; meets William McIlvanney in this rollocking riveting read' \u0026amp;ndash; Adrian McKinty, bestselling author of \u0026lt;i\u0026gt;The Chain\u0026lt;\/i\u0026gt;\u0026lt;\/b\u0026gt;\u0026lt;br\u0026gt;\u0026lt;br\u0026gt;Glasgow, 1932. When the son-in-law of one of the city\u0026amp;rsquo;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 \u0026amp;ndash; despite sharing a troubled history with the victim\u0026amp;rsquo;s widow, Isla Lockhart.\u0026lt;br\u0026gt;\u0026lt;br\u0026gt;From the flying fists and flashing blades of Glasgow\u0026amp;rsquo;s gangland underworld, to the backstabbing upper echelons of government and big business, Dreghorn and his partner \u0026amp;lsquo;Bonnie\u0026amp;rsquo; Archie McDaid will have to dig deep into Glasgow society to find out who wanted the man dead and why.\u0026lt;br\u0026gt;\u0026lt;br\u0026gt;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 \u0026amp;ndash; or lose his own life in the process?\u0026lt;br\u0026gt;\u0026lt;br\u0026gt;\u0026lt;b\u0026gt;\u0026lt;i\u0026gt;Edge of the Grave\u0026lt;\/i\u0026gt;\u0026lt;\/b\u0026gt;\u0026lt;b\u0026gt; by Robbie Morrison is a dark historical crime novel set in Glasgow, 1932. A city still recovering from the Great War; split by religious division and swarming with razor gangs. For fans of William McIlvanney\u0026amp;rsquo;s \u0026lt;i\u0026gt;Laidlaw, \u0026lt;\/i\u0026gt;Denise Mina and Philip Kerr.\u0026lt;\/b\u0026gt;\u0026lt;br\u0026gt;\u0026lt;br\u0026gt;\u0026lt;b\u0026gt;'A magnificent and enthralling portrait of a dark and dangerous city . . . Chilling and brutal, but also deeply moving and, most importantly, beautifully written' \u0026amp;ndash; Mark Billingham\u0026lt;\/b\u0026gt;\u0026lt;\/p\u0026gt;","brand":"MediaPlace","offers":[{"title":"Default Title","offer_id":57315500360062,"sku":"NW9781529054019","price":12.47,"currency_code":"GBP","in_stock":true}],"thumbnail_url":"\/\/cdn.shopify.com\/s\/files\/1\/0817\/1379\/1261\/files\/9781529054019.jpg?v=1778716251","url":"https:\/\/mediaplace.com\/products\/edge-of-the-grave-1","provider":"MediaPlace","version":"1.0","type":"link"}