Strange Loyalties
- 19 Aug 2021
- 9781838856212
- £9.99
- 384 pp
- 129×198mm
- 12 Sep 2019
- 9781786898470
- £25
- 11 hrs 22 min
- 3 Jun 2013
- 9780857869999
- £7.99
- 384 pp
In a few words
The remarkable conclusion to the Laidlaw series which launched a genre, 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 remarkable conclusion to the Laidlaw series which launched a genre, from the godfather of Scottish crime fiction
It's doubtful I would be a crime writer without the influence of McIlvanney's Laidlaw
Ian Rankin
His Laidlaw is an enduring hero with the dry wit and insight to make other literary detectives seem two-dimensional
Gordon Ferris
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. 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 Laidlaw books are not just great crime novels, they are important ones
Mark Billingham
Transfixing
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THE THIRD IN THE ORIGINAL LAIDLAW TRILOGY
‘The Laidlaw books are not just great crime novels, they are important ones’ Mark Billingham
‘It’s doubtful I would be a crime writer without the influence of McIlvanney’s Laidlaw’ Ian Rankin
When his brother dies stepping out in front of a car, Jack Laidlaw is determined to find out what really happened. Laidlaw begins an emotional quest through Glasgow’s underworld, and into the past. He discovers as much about himself as about the brother he has lost, in a search that leads to a shattering climax.
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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When his brother dies stepping out in front of a car, Detective Jack Laidlaw is determined to find out what really happened. With corrosive wit, Laidlaw relates an emotional quest through Glasgow’s underworld, and into the past. He discovers as much about himself as the loved brother he has lost in a search that leads to a shattering climax.
More about
the book
THE THIRD IN THE ORIGINAL LAIDLAW TRILOGY
‘The Laidlaw books are not just great crime novels, they are important ones’ Mark Billingham
‘It’s doubtful I would be a crime writer without the influence of McIlvanney’s Laidlaw’ Ian Rankin
When his brother dies stepping out in front of a car, Jack Laidlaw is determined to find out what really happened. Laidlaw begins an emotional quest through Glasgow’s underworld, and into the past. He discovers as much about himself as about the brother he has lost, in a search that leads to a shattering climax.
Acclaimed for its corrosive wit, dark themes and original maverick detective, the Laidlaw trilogy has earned the status of classic crime fiction.
The Laidlaw books are not just great crime novels, they are important ones
Mark Billingham
Transfixing
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
A crime trilogy so searing it will burn forever into your memory. McIlvanney is the original Scottish criminal mastermind
Christopher Brookmyre
Glittering
Val Mcdermid
The Laidlaw books are not just great crime novels, they are important ones
Mark Billingham
Transfixing
Starts on the streets and ends up in the soul
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
Immensely readable
Told superlatively well. Laidlaw has . . . become even more heroically moving
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.
Strange Loyalties is the third 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.
Strange Loyalties is the third book in the Laidlaw Trilogy.
