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Robbie Morrison was born in Helensburgh, Scotland, and grew up in the Renton, Coatbridge, Linwood and Houston. On both sides, his family connection to shipbuilding in Glasgow and the surrounding areas stretches back four generations and is a source of inspiration for the Jimmy Dreghorn series. One of the most respected writers in the UK comics industry, he sold his first script to publishers DC Thomson in Dundee at the age of twenty-three. Edge of the Grave, the first Jimmy Dreghorn novel, won the Bloody Scotland Debut Crime Novel of the Year, was shortlisted for the Crime Writers' Association Historical Dagger, and the Fingerprint Awards Debut Book of the Year, and longlisted for the Historical Writers' Association Debut Crown.
Vivid characters, a finely drawn Glasgow in the 1930s and a page turning narrative. What more could you want? -- Alan Parks, author of <i>May God Forgive</i>, winner of the 2022 McIlvanney Prize Jimmy Dreghorn is back-with a vengeance. Cast a Cold Eye is a twisting, sharp-edged tale of a violent past echoing in a violent city. 1930s Glasgow is masterfully conjured in every soot-stained tenement, every smoke-filled pub, every menace-shadowed street corner. Morrison is on top form here. Superb -- Craig Russell, international bestselling author of <i>Hyde</i> A joyous Glaswegian nightmare. Sectarian ley lines, loyalty and betrayal, love and loss. By turns brutal and hilarious, told in a rich vernacular with an acute sense of time and place, the return of Dreghorn and McDaid in Cast a Cold Eye is another triumph from Robbie Morrison -- Dominic Nolan, author of <i>The Times</i> Book of the Month, <i>Vine Street</i> A magnificent and enthralling portrait of a dark and dangerous city and the men and women who live and die in it. An astounding debut -- Mark Billingham on <i>Edge of the Grave</i>, bestselling author of the Tom Thorne series Peaky Blinders meets William McIlvanney in this rollocking riveting read -- Adrian McKinty, bestselling author of <i>The Chain </i>on<i> Edge of the Grave</i> Tense, absorbing and dripping with gallus Glasgow humour, this book is absolutely wonderful -- Abir Mukherjee on <i>Edge of the Grave</i>, bestselling author of the Wyndham and Banerjee series
