Alex Morrow: The Long Drop Lib/E (Audiobook)

from gpangel

The Long Drop by Denise Mina is a 2017 Little, Brown and Company publication. This fictionalized account of Scotland's notorious serial killer Peter Manuel is a gloomy and gritty portrayal of Glasgow in the 1950's. This unforgiving backdrop sets the stage for this story that centers around Willia...

from RowingRabbit

This is a literary retelling of the final days & trial of Peter Manuel, a serial killer who was hanged in Glasgow's Barlinnie Prison on July 11, 1958. Nicknamed "the Beast of Birkenshaw", he was convicted of 7 murders & suspected of others. On Sept. 17, 1956 Glasgow businessman William Watt's wif...

from Welsh_eileen2

What an atmospheric sinister first chapter. A very chilling thriller set in a depressingly bleak post war Glasgow. Based on a real life serial killer who is meeting the parent of two of his victims. The dialogue is crisp and sparse. I look forward to reading the complete novel. I will also look f...

from RidgewayGirl

With The Long Drop, Denise Mina has changed directions somewhat. Mina has taken what is known about Peter Manuel, a serial killer who killed the family of William Watt in 1956, and a night these two men spent drinking together. After Watt's family was murdered, Watt was arrested and spent time in...

from tina1969

Peter Manuel was a one of Scotlands most notorious serial killers. I have to say I had knew nothing about him until the ITV drama In Plain Sight. When I noticed that Denise Mina was bringing out a book about him I thought I'd give it a go. This is a book of two halves. Part of the book is the tra...