"Cast a Cold Eye is a superb murder mystery, let there be nary a doot - sorry, doubt - but it's so much more. Despite the despair, despite the poverty, the basic decency of so many people shines through, showing us why Morrison loves Glasgow for all its flaws." Winnipeg Free Press

"A darkly compelling thriller...Morrison succeeds in summoning Depression-era Glasgow in a powerful work of crime fiction. The Sunday Times

"Dreghorn and McDaid are together more than the sum of their parts. McDaid is a frequent source of humour and his family life, chaotic but loving, allows him the emotional strength to support Dreghorn as he battles nightmares about his past...There are a lot of pages here but they turn easily and satisfy as they do...Morrison hasn't so much written a novel as built a time machine: step in and be transported." The Scotsman

"Packed with dramatic action and unforgettable characters, it casts a hypnotic spell and stirs the blood." Daily Mail

Praise for Edge of the Grave:

Winner, 2021 Bloody Scotland Debut Crime Novel of the Year Award
Shortlisted, 2022 CWA Historical Dagger Award
Shortlisted, 2021 McIlvanney Prize for Scottish Crime Book of the Year
"Terrific...A historical tour de force along with a brilliant plot." The Globe and Mail

"Edge of the Grave [is] a masterful piece of grit announcing that Robbie Morrison was joining the ranks of amazing Scottish murder mystery authors: Sir Ian Rankin, Val Mcdermid, Alex Gray, Stuart MacBride." Winnipeg Free Press

"Those looking for a grittier mystery should pick up Edge of the Grave, Robbie Morrison's brawling series debut. Glasgow a century ago was a brutally violent city starkly divided between the haves and the have-nots; in the course of their police work, Dreghorn and McDaid dodge blades, fists, bottles, even cauldrons of boiling soup. Dreghorn...is put through his paces before [the novel] reaches the last page, but never fear - the detective survives for the second book." The New York Times

"A hugely impressive debut." Evening Standard

"A Glaswegian version of Peaky Blinders, with razor gangs brawling in the street and festering family secrets...A dark and powerful story." Sunday Times

"Powerful and moving...Morrison's portrait of Glasgow and its denizens - both the vicious and the virtuous - is superb." Literary Review

"Morrison has honed his exceptional storytelling writing graphic novels...[Edge of the Grave] reads like the gritty tale of a veteran author. With Archie as well-timed comic relief, craftily layered plotting, and an evocative historical setting, this is required reading for fans of Denise Mina's The Long Drop." Booklist, STARRED REVIEW

"For readers who are fans of thrilling, well-choreographed violence. First-rate...Perhaps the best debut novel I have read this year." BookPage, STARRED REVIEW