Conviction

[An] extraordinary story of a 1950s Glasgow murder mystery.

Guardian, 2017 Books of the Year

[I] was gripped, impressed by her insight into the mind of a psychopath… A grim novel, but a very good one.

Allan Massie, Yorkshire Post, 2017 Books of the Year

[O]ne of crime fiction’s most acute observers of contemporary society.

Jake Kerridge, Sunday Express, 2017 Books of the Year

The Long Drop is an extraordinarily unsettling, evocative and compelling novel

Laura James, AGA Magazine

The Long Drop is a fascinating, quietly insidious work, unsettling but absorbing

Marcel Berlins, The Times

The Long Drop is an exceptional book. The pages reek of fifties Glasgow, forming an oppressive backdrop to a true crime story that fascinates and appals from start to finish. Mina’s prose cuts to the bone, laying bare the prideful wickedness of men in a tale that is as often touching as it is frightening. A feast of a crime novel.

Stuart Neville

The Long Drop is not just a success and a thrilling read in its own right, but a game-changer for the genre.

Stuart Kelly, Scotland on Sunday

A relentlessly tense and exciting read, every page oozes menace and its core of truth makes it all the more unsettling.

Sunday Mirror

A wonderfully atmospheric, unsettling read.

Louise Rhind-Tutt

A wonderfully punchy evocation of a legendary murder mystery, packed with the authentic sights, sounds and intrigues of Glasgow in the late Fifties.

Robert Goddard

Bleak and atmospheric

Harriet Lane, Observer

Charismatic, grimy masterpiece

Jake Kerridge, Daily Telegraph

Dark, gritty and chilling, it is steeped in the atmosphere and mores of Glasgow in the 1950s

Choice

Deeply unsettling and thought provoking in all the best ways

Doug Johnstone, Big Issue

Deliciously shadowy.

Claire Allfree, Metro

I’ve been a fan of Ms Mina for a while, but The Long Drop has to be my favourite. The writing is beautiful and more than once I found myself having to pause, just to take in the sheer elegance of the prose. It’s an absolute gem of a book.

Abir Mukherjee

It is a beautifully written book, a masterpiece by the woman who may be Britain’s finest living crime novelist

Daily Telegraph

Mina's novels are engrossing, deeply rooted in reality and astutely perceptive about human nature

Daily Express

Not a single word is wasted in this beautifully written novel. Unsettling, evocative and staggeringly good, it is possibly Mina’s finest achievement

Daily Express

Powerful, passionate and compelling. Mina can chill your blood and break your heart in the same sentence

Mark Billingham

Remarkable… It often seems as if Mina has freed herself from most of the strictures of the thriller format in order to explore altogether more literary territory. It is a pleasure to accompany her. The writing is frequently arresting

James O'Brien, Times Literary Supplement

Why do Scottish writers dominate British crime fiction? With Denise Mina at least, the answer is pure class

Daily Telegraph