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  • The Long Drop

  • A Novel
  • By: Denise Mina
  • Narrated by: David Monteath
  • Length: 7 hrs and 18 mins
  • 3.6 out of 5 stars (142 ratings)

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The Long Drop

By: Denise Mina
Narrated by: David Monteath
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Publisher's summary

A Washington Post Best Book of the Year, this stand-alone psychological thriller from the acclaimed author of the Alex Morrow novels that exposes the dark hearts of the guilty...and the innocent.

William Watt's wife, daughter, and sister-in-law are dead, slaughtered in their own home in a brutal crime that scandalized Glasgow. Despite an ironclad alibi, police zero in on Watt as the primary suspect, but he maintains his innocence. Distraught and desperate to clear his name, Watt puts out a bounty for information that will lead him to the real killer.

Peter Manuel claims he knows the truth that will set Watt free and has information that only the killer would know. It won't come cheap. Manuel is an infamous career criminal, a degenerate liar who can't be trusted and will say, or do, anything to make a buck.

But Manuel has something that Watt wants, which makes him the perfect target for Manuel's consummate con. Watt agrees to sit down with Manuel and before they know it, one drink has turned into an epic, forgotten night of carousing across the city's bars and clubs that exposes the thin line between a good yarn and the truth.

The next time the unlikely pair meets is across the witness stand in court - where Manuel is on trial for the murder of Watt's family. Manuel calls Watt to the stand to testify about the long, shady night they shared together. And the shocking testimony that Manuel coaxes out of Watt threatens to expose the dark hearts of the guilty...and the innocent.

Based on true events, The Long Drop is an explosive, unsettling novel about guilt, innocence, and the power of a good story to hide the difference.

©2017 Denise Mina (P)2017 Hachette Audio

Critic reviews

"A whip-smart Scottish crime novel...you'll find yourself hooked." ( People)
"This stand-alone thriller showcases Mina at her best, capturing the nuanced psychological suspense and ethical shadows of her Alex Morrow series as well as the electric dialogue and tangible grit of her Paddy Meehan novels." ( Booklist)
"Mina's riveting sixth novel featuring Glasgow Detective Inspector Alex Morrow...(is) an installment that exposes the bleakness of small-town Scotland as skillfully as it does the bustling mean streets of Glasgow." ( Publishers Weekly)

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Interesting, believable characters, Reads like true crime with realistic dialogue. Narrator has Scottish accent that this American can understand clearly. The story itself is universal, serial murderers attack at random causing fear & chaos in communities and without a motive are hard to identify. Satisfying ending.

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