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This is Peaky Blinders territory Packed with dramatic action and unforgettable characters Daily Mail

A darkly compelling thriller Morrison succeeds in summoning Depressionera Glasgow in a powerful work of crime fiction The Sunday Times

Glasgow 1933

Murder is nothing new in the Depressionera 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 razorgangs 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 persons freedom fighter is anothers terrorist and noble ideals are swept away by bloody vengeance

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