Cast a Cold Eye

Morrison, Robbie

ISBN 10: 1529054060 / ISBN 13: 9781529054064

Published by Macmillan, 2023

About this Item

First edition, first printing UK hardback, 2023 Macmillan. The book is in fine condition, the dustjacket is in fine condition. Not price clipped.

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Bibliographic Details

• Title: Cast a Cold Eye
• Publisher: Macmillan
• Publication Date: 2023
• Language: English
• ISBN 10: 1529054060
• ISBN 13: 9781529054064
• Binding: Hardcover
• Edition: 1st Edition
• Printing: 1st Printing
• Condition: Fine
• Dust Jacket Condition: Fine
• Seller catalogs:
  • Modern First Editions
  • Crime Fiction

About this title

Synopsis

Cast a Cold Eye by Robbie Morrison is a dark historical crime novel and the sequel to Edge of the Grave , winner of Bloody Scotland's Scottish Crime Debut of the Year.

Glasgow, 1933

Murder is nothing new in the Depression-era city, especially to war veterans Inspector Jimmy Dreghorn and his partner ‘Bonnie’ Archie McDaid. But the dead man found in a narrowboat on the Forth and Clyde Canal, executed with a single shot to the back of the head, is no ordinary killing.

Violence usually erupts in the heat of the moment – the razor-gangs that stalk the streets settle scores with knives and fists. Firearms suggest something more sinister, especially when the killer strikes again. Meanwhile, other forces are stirring within the city. A suspected IRA cell is at large, embedded within the criminal gangs and attracting the ruthless attention of Special Branch agents from London.

With political and sectarian tensions rising, and the body count mounting, Dreghorn and McDaid pursue an investigation into the dark heart of humanity – where one person's freedom fighter is another's terrorist, and noble ideals are swept away by bloody vengeance.