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Dead Wood (novel)

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Dead Wood
First edition
AuthorChris Longmuir
LanguageEnglish
PublisherPolygon Books
Publication date
2009
Publication placeScotland

Dead Wood is a 2009 novel by the British writer Chris Longmuir.[1] It won the Dundee International Book Prize, the largest monetary British Prize for first novels, in 2009, and was published by Polygon Books. The novel is based upon the unsolved murders of 18-year-old Carol Lannen and 20-year-old Elizabeth McCabe in Scotland during the 1970s.[2]

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  1. ^ ""Chris Longmuir - Dead Wood, The List, Aug 10, 2009
  2. ^ "Prize-winning Scots novel inspired by city's murders," Scotsman, 26 June 2009