The Long Drop

Angry, vital and unputdownable, The Long Drop’s themes of self-deception resonate long after the final page. This is crime fiction at its very best – Joseph Knox, author of SirensNot a single word is wasted in this beautifully written novel. Unsettling, evocative and staggeringly good, it is possibly Mina’s finest achievement * Daily Express *A wonderfully atmospheric, unsettling read. – Louise Rhind-Tutt * i *Deeply unsettling and thought provoking in all the best ways – Doug Johnstone * Big Issue *The Long Drop is an exceptional book. The pages reek of fifties Glasgow, forming an oppressive backdrop to a true crime story that fascinates and appals from start to finish. Mina’s prose cuts to the bone, laying bare the prideful wickedness of men in a tale that is as often touching as it is frightening. A feast of a crime novel. * Stuart Neville *The Long Drop is a fascinating, quietly insidious work, unsettling but absorbing – Marcel Berlins * The Times *It is a beautifully written book, a masterpiece by the woman who may be Britain’s finest living crime novelist * Daily Telegraph *The Long Drop is not just a success and a thrilling read in its own right, but a game-changer for the genre. – Stuart Kelly * Scotland on Sunday *A relentlessly tense and exciting read, every page oozes menace and its core of truth makes it all the more unsettling. * Sunday Mirror *Deliciously shadowy. – Claire Allfree * Metro *

Denise Mina is the bestselling author of the Garnethill trilogy, the Paddy Meehan series and the Alex Morrow series, as well as historical novels Rizzio, Three Fires and The Second Murderer, a Philip Marlowe novel for the Chandler estate. She has won the Theakston Old Peculier Crime Novel of the Year Award twice, the McIlvanney Prize for Scottish Crime Book of the Year twice, the Gordon Burn Prize and was inducted into the Crime Writers’ Association Hall of Fame in 2014. Denise also writes graphic novels and plays, and presents television and radio programmes. She studied law and forensic examination at Glasgow University and taught criminology and criminal law part-time at Strathclyde University. Denise lives and works in Glasgow. The Good Liar is her twentieth novel.

This item is eligible for free returns within 30 days of delivery. See our returns policy for further details.