William McIlvanney

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.

The Papers of Tony Veitch is the second book in the Laidlaw Trilogy.

The Dark Remains by Ian Rankin, William McIlvanney cover

The Dark Remains

Ian Rankin & William McIlvanney

The Papers of Tony Veitch by William McIlvanney cover

The Papers of Tony Veitch

William McIlvanney

Strange Loyalties by William McIlvanney cover

Strange Loyalties

William McIlvanney

“He’s not a copper who happens to be a man. He’s a man who happens to be a copper, and he carries that weight with him everywhere he goes.”

The Dark Remains

Ian Rankin & William McIlvanney