Laidlaw

William McIlvanney

May 2013 · Laidlaw Trilogy Book 1 · Canongate Books

About this ebook

THE FIRST IN THE ORIGINAL LAIDLAW TRILOGY. WINNER OF THE CWA SILVER DAGGER. THE DARK REMAINS, Laidlaw's first case, out 2 September 2021. PRE-ORDER NOW! 'If you only read one crime novel this year, this should be it’ Guardian 'A bloody good read' Val McDermid When a young woman is found brutally murdered in Kelvingrove Park, only one man stands a chance of finding her killer. Jack Laidlaw. He is a man of contrasts, ravaged by inner demons but driven by a deep compassion for the violent criminals in Glasgow’s underworld. But will Laidlaw’s unorthodox methods get him to the killer in time, when the victim’s father is baying for blood? Acclaimed for its corrosive wit, dark themes and original maverick detective, the Laidlaw trilogy has earned the status of classic crime fiction.

Ratings and reviews

Excellent but shabbily presented and edited. The author should be screaming at his publisher for allowing it to be put out with so many either software or grammatical faults which made it sometimes difficult to read. Despite the fashion for textspeak, punctuation isn't a choice, it is essential for clarity. I found the format faults in this book so bad they have deterred me from downloading the next in the series from this source, I'm going to use Amazon\Kindle to see if it is any better.

About the author

William McIlvanney is the author of the award-winning Laidlaw trilogy, featuring Glasgow’s original maverick detective. Both Laidlaw and The Papers of Tony Veitch gained Silver Daggers from the Crime Writers’ Association, while the third in the series, Strange Loyalties, won the Glasgow Herald’s People’s Prize. He died in December 2015. Laidlaw is the first book in the Laidlaw Trilogy.