The Papers of Tony Veitch
- 19 Aug 2021
- 9781838856229
- £9.99
- 320 pp
- 129×198mm
- 12 Sep 2019
- 9781786898463
- £25
- 8 hrs 40 min
- 3 Jun 2013
- 9780857869982
- £7.99
- 320 pp
In a few words
The CWA Silver Dagger-winning masterpiece from the godfather of Scottish crime fiction
In a few words
The godfather of Scottish crime is back with a vengeance
In a few words
The CWA Silver Dagger-winning masterpiece from the godfather of Scottish crime fiction
A bloody good read
Val Mcdermid
The pure distilled essence of Scottish crime writing
Peter May
In a class of his own
The Laidlaw books are not just great crime novels, they are important
Mark Billingham
Glittering
Val Mcdermid
Brilliant . . . grips like a mangling handshake
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THE SECOND IN THE ORIGINAL LAIDLAW TRILOGY. WINNER OF THE CWA SILVER DAGGER.
‘In a class of his own’ Guardian
‘Reads like a breathless scalpel through the bloody heart of a great city’ Denise Mina
Eck Adamson, an alcoholic vagrant, summons Jack Laidlaw to his deathbed. Probably the only policeman in Glasgow who would bother to respond, Laidlaw sees in Eck’s cryptic last message a clue to the murder of a gangland thug and the disappearance of a student. With stubborn integrity, Laidlaw tracks a seam of corruption that runs from the top to the bottom of society.
Acclaimed for its corrosive wit, dark themes and original maverick detective, the Laidlaw trilogy has earned the status of classic crime fiction.
More about
the book
Eck Adamson, an alcoholic vagrant, summons Jack Laidlaw to his deathbed. Probably the only policeman in Glasgow who would bother to respond, Laidlaw sees in Eck’s cryptic last message a clue to the murder of a gangland thug and the disappearance of a student. With stubborn integrity, Laidlaw tracks a seam of corruption that runs from the top to the bottom of society.
More about
the book
THE SECOND IN THE ORIGINAL LAIDLAW TRILOGY. WINNER OF THE CWA SILVER DAGGER
‘In a class of his own’ Guardian
‘Reads like a breathless scalpel through the bloody heart of a great city’ Denise Mina
Eck Adamson, an alcoholic vagrant, summons Jack Laidlaw to his deathbed. Probably the only policeman in Glasgow who would bother to respond, Laidlaw sees in Eck’s cryptic last message a clue to the murder of a gangland thug and the disappearance of a student. With stubborn integrity, Laidlaw tracks a seam of corruption that runs from the top to the bottom of society.
Acclaimed for its corrosive wit, dark themes and original maverick detective, the Laidlaw trilogy has earned the status of classic crime fiction.
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
Ian Rankin
In a class of his own
The good news is that Laidlaw is back
It's doubtful I would be a crime writer without the influence of McIlvanney
Ian Rankin
Glittering
Val Mcdermid
Brilliant . . . grips like a mangling handshake
A crime trilogy so searing it will burn forever into your memory. McIlvanney is the original Scottish criminal mastermind
Christopher Brookmyre
The good news is that Laidlaw is back
A crime trilogy so searing it will burn forever into your memory. McIlvanney is the original Scottish criminal mastermind
Christopher Brookmyre
The Laidlaw books are not just great crime novels, they are important
Mark Billingham
It's doubtful I would be a crime writer without the influence of McIlvanney
Ian Rankin
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.
The Papers of Tony Veitch is the second 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.
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.
The Papers of Tony Veitch is the second book in the Laidlaw Trilogy.
