Two detectives hunt a killer amidst the lawless streets and high
society of 1930's Glasgow in this "brilliant"** (Times UK) mystery
that **"serves up a delicious slice of thirties gangster noir" (Adrian
McKinty)--inspired by the true story of the Scottish Untouchables.
****"A Glaswegian version of Peaky Blinders, with razor gangs
brawling in the street and festering family secrets . . . a dark and
powerful story."―Sunday Times
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.
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, Dreghorn
realizes that the answers may lie in his old ties with the victim's
family--and the horrors he saw in the Great War.
*
Edge of the Grave* is historical noir at its very best--a gripping
mystery that truly transports the reader to the lawless streets and high
society of 1930s Glasgow and brings a teeming, chaotic city irresistibly
to life.
