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Apr 09, 2017emerge rated this title 4 out of 5 stars
This is not part of any of the author's previous series. Instead it's a literary retelling of the trial of real life serial killer Peter Manuel in 1958 Glasgow. The author sticks closely to the facts while adding her own twist on some of the unanswered questions. It's in these grey areas that she takes fictional license to tell a story that's creepy & richly atmospheric. Not a typical thriller, most of the violence is alluded to after the fact & it's a story that is heavy on dialogue. There's a large cast but we spend most of our time with Watt & Manuel as they make the rounds of the city's bars over the course of one night. Both were suspects after Watt's family was slaughtered. Mina does an excellent job of slowly peeling back the layers of these 2 complex characters & comes up with an interesting theory on why Watt's family was killed.