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The long drop / Denise Mina.
By: Mina, Denise.
Publisher: Leicester : Thorpe, Charnwood, 2018Edition: Large print edition.Description: 288 pages (large print) ; 24 cm.Content type: text Media type: unmediated Carrier type: volumeISBN: 9781444835380; 1444835386.Subject(s): Manuel, Peter, 1927-1958 -- Fiction | Serial murderers -- Fiction | Trials (Murder) -- Fiction | Glasgow (Scotland) -- FictionGenre/Form: Detective and mystery fiction. | Large type books.Online resources: Click here to access online Summary: The 'trial of the century' in 1950s Glasgow is over. Peter Manuel has been found guilty of a string of murders and is waiting to die by hanging. But every good crime story has a beginning, and Manuel's starts with the murder of William Watt's family. Watt is an ordinary businessman, a fool, a social climber - and the police are convinced he's guilty. Desperate to clear his name, Watt turns to Manuel, a career criminal who claims to have information that will finger the real killer. As Watt seeks justice with the cagey Manuel's help, everyone the pair meets has blood on their hands, as they sell their version of the truth...| Item type | Home library | Collection | Class number | Status | Date due | Barcode | Item reservations | |
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| Adult book | Moss Bank Library Large Print | Reallocated BL Stock | Available | 38055013250568 |
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The 'trial of the century' in 1950s Glasgow is over. Peter Manuel has been found guilty of a string of murders and is waiting to die by hanging. But every good crime story has a beginning, and Manuel's starts with the murder of William Watt's family. Watt is an ordinary businessman, a fool, a social climber - and the police are convinced he's guilty. Desperate to clear his name, Watt turns to Manuel, a career criminal who claims to have information that will finger the real killer. As Watt seeks justice with the cagey Manuel's help, everyone the pair meets has blood on their hands, as they sell their version of the truth...
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