BEGIN:VCALENDAR VERSION:2.0 PRODID:-//ChamberMaster//Event Calendar 2.0//EN METHOD:PUBLISH X-PUBLISHED-TTL:P3D REFRESH-INTERVAL:P3D CALSCALE:GREGORIAN BEGIN:VEVENT DTSTART:20251010T153000Z DTEND:20251010T160000Z X-MICROSOFT-CDO-ALLDAYEVENT:FALSE SUMMARY:Mystery Book Club: Edge of the Grave by Robbie Morrison DESCRIPTION:Join us at the library as we discuss Edge of the Grave by Robbie Morrison\n\nREGISTER HERE\n\n\n\nBooks are available at the Adult Help Desk\n\nTwo detectives hunt a killer amidst the lawless streets and high society of 1930's Glasgow in this "brawling series debut" (The New York Times Book Review) that "serves up a delicious slice of gangster noir" (Adrian McKinty) inspired by the true story of the Scottish Untouchables.\n\n\n\n"A Glaswegian version of Peaky Blinders\, with razor gangs brawling in the street and festering family secrets . . . a dark and powerful story."?Sunday Times\n\n\n\nGlasgow\, 1932. When the son-in-law of one of the city's wealthiest shipbuilders is found floating in the River Clyde with his throat cut\, it falls to Inspector Jimmy Dreghorn to lead the murder case despite sharing a troubled history with the victim's widow.\n\n\n\nFrom the flying fists and flashing blades of Glasgow's gangland underworld to the backstabbing upper echelons of government and big business\, Dreghorn and his partner\, "Bonnie" Archie McDaid\, will have to dig deep into Glasgow society to find out who wanted the man dead and why.\n\n\n\nAll the while\, a sadistic murderer stalks the post-war city\, leaving a trail of dead bodies in their wake. As the case deepens\, Dreghorn realizes that the answers may lie in his old ties with the victim's family and the horrors he saw in the Great War.\n\n\n\nEdge of the Grave is historical noir at its very best a gripping mystery that truly transports the reader to the lawless streets and high society of 1930s Glasgow and brings a teeming\, chaotic city irresistibly to life. X-ALT-DESC;FMTTYPE=text/html:

Join us at the library as we discuss Edge of the Grave by Robbie Morrison

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Two detectives hunt a killer amidst the lawless streets and high society of 1930&rsquo\;s Glasgow in this &ldquo\;brawling series debut&rdquo\; (The New York Times Book Review) that &ldquo\;serves up a delicious slice of gangster noir&rdquo\; (Adrian McKinty)&mdash\;inspired by the true story of the Scottish Untouchables.
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\n&ldquo\;A Glaswegian version of Peaky Blinders\, with razor gangs brawling in the street and festering family secrets . . . a dark and powerful story.&rdquo\;?Sunday Times
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\nGlasgow\, 1932. When the son-in-law of one of the city&rsquo\;s wealthiest shipbuilders is found floating in the River Clyde with his throat cut\, it falls to Inspector Jimmy Dreghorn to lead the murder case&ndash\;despite sharing a troubled history with the victim&rsquo\;s widow.
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\nFrom the flying fists and flashing blades of Glasgow&rsquo\;s gangland underworld to the backstabbing upper echelons of government and big business\, Dreghorn and his partner\, &ldquo\;Bonnie&rdquo\; Archie McDaid\, will have to dig deep into Glasgow society to find out who wanted the man dead and why.
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\nAll the while\, a sadistic murderer stalks the post-war city\, leaving a trail of dead bodies in their wake. As the case deepens\, Dreghorn realizes that the answers may lie in his old ties with the victim&rsquo\;s family&mdash\;and the horrors he saw in the Great War.
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\nEdge of the Grave is historical noir at its very best&mdash\;a gripping mystery that truly transports the reader to the lawless streets and high society of 1930s Glasgow and brings a teeming\, chaotic city irresistibly to life.

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