Laidlaw
- Authors
- William McIlvanney
- Publisher
- Canongate Books
- Tags
- mystery
- Date
- 1977-01-01T05:00:00+00:00
- Size
- 0.77 MB
- Lang
- en
Paperback, 280 pages
Published: 1977
Edition: Canongate Books, Sceptre eBook (2013)
An extraordinary debut by a Scottish mystery writer, this cult classic of crime fiction presents Detective Jack Laidlaw, a policeman as complex and self-critical as you'll ever meet. Laidlaw follows the trail of murder investigation deep inot the underbelly of Glasgow, a world he knows the way Phillip Marlowe knew Los Angeles.Meet Jack Laidlaw, the original damaged detective. When a young woman is found brutally murdered on Glasgow Green, only Laidlaw stands a chance of finding her murderer from among the hard men, gangland villains and self-made moneymen who lurk in the city's shadows.
Winner of the CWA Silver Dagger