Laidlaw
- 1 Jul 2021
- 9781838856199
- £9.99
- 304 pp
- 129×198mm
- 2 May 2013
- 9780857869975
- £7.99
- 304 pp
- 2 May 2013
- 9781782110446
- £20.99
- 7 hrs 18 min
In a few words
In the beginning there was Laidlaw. The CWA Silver Dagger-winning masterpiece that launched a genre, from the godfather of Scottish crime fiction
In a few words
In the beginning there was Laidlaw. The CWA Silver Dagger-winning masterpiece that launched a genre, from the godfather of Scottish crime fiction
In a few words
The godfather of Scottish crime, the novel that started it all, read by WILLIAM MCILVANNEY
He kicked the door open so the likes of Ian Rankin, Denise Mina and me could sneak through behind him
Val Mcdermid
The pure distilled essence of Scottish crime writing
Peter May
Glittering
Val Mcdermid
The Laidlaw books are like fine malt whisky - the pure distilled essence of Scottish crime writing
Peter May
The Laidlaw books are like fine malt whisky - the pure distilled essence of Scottish crime writing
Peter May
Glittering
Val Mcdermid
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THE FIRST IN THE ORIGINAL LAIDLAW TRILOGY. WINNER OF THE CWA SILVER DAGGER.
‘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.
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THE FIRST IN THE ORIGINAL LAIDLAW TRILOGY. WINNER OF THE CWA SILVER DAGGER.
‘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.
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Meet Jack Laidlaw, the original damaged detective. When a young woman is found brutally murdered in Kelvingrove Park, 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
Fastest, first and best, Laidlaw is the melancholy heir to Marlowe. Reads like a breathless scalpel cut through the bloody heart of a city
Denise Mina
It's doubtful I would be a crime writer without the influence of McIlvanney's Laidlaw
Ian Rankin
Forensic examination would likely reveal that all Scottish crime novels have a little Laidlaw in their DNA . . . Powerful, gripping and beautifully written
Craig Robertson
Guardian, Top 10 Scottish crime novelsA crime trilogy so searing it will burn forever into your memory. McIlvanney is the original Scottish criminal mastermind
Christopher Brookmyre
Fastest, first and best, Laidlaw is the melancholy heir to Marlowe. Reads like a breathless scalpel cut through the bloody heart of a city
Denise Mina
A crime trilogy so searing it will burn forever into your memory. McIlvanney is the original Scottish criminal mastermind
Christopher Brookmyre
It's doubtful I would be a crime writer without the influence of McIlvanney's Laidlaw. Here was a literary novelist turning his hand to the urban, contemporary crime novel and proving that the form could tackle big moral concerns and social issues
Ian Rankin
The first of Laidlaw's investigations sets a stunningly high standard ... A world apart from other examples of the genre
Fastest, first and best, Laidlaw is the melancholy heir to Marlowe. Reads like a breathless scalpel cut through the bloody heart of a city
Denise Mina
A crime trilogy so searing it will burn forever into your memory. McIlvanney is the original Scottish criminal mastermind
Christopher Brookmyre
It's doubtful I would be a crime writer without the influence of McIlvanney's Laidlaw. Here was a literary novelist turning his hand to the urban, contemporary crime novel and proving that the form could tackle big moral concerns and social issues
Ian Rankin
The first of Laidlaw's investigations sets a stunningly high standard ... A world apart from other examples of the genre
William McIlvanney
View profileWilliam 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.
William McIlvanney
View profileWilliam 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.
William McIlvanney
View profileWilliam McIlvanney‘s first novel, Remedy is None, won the Geoffrey Faber Memorial Prize and with Docherty he won the Whitbread Award for Fiction. Laidlaw and The Papers of Tony Veitch, the first two books in the Laidlaw trilogy, both gained Silver Daggers from the Crime Writers’ Association while the third in the series, Strange Loyalties, won the Glasgow Herald’s People’s Prize. Following his death in December 2015 the McIlvanney Prize was established; awarded to the best new Scottish crime book at Bloody Scotland, Scotland’s International Crime Writing Festival.
