William McIlvanney
1) Laidlaw
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Jack Laidlaw volume 1
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Book One in the Laidlaw Trilogy
"Laidlaw...'is not just an inspector of crime; he's an inspector of society.'"—Allan Massie, "The Father of 'Tartan Noir'," Wall Street Journal
Introducing Jack Laidlaw, the original damaged detective.
The Laidlaw novels, a groundbreaking trilogy that changed the face of Scottish fiction, are credited with being the founding books of the Tartan Noir movement that includes authors...
"Laidlaw...'is not just an inspector of crime; he's an inspector of society.'"—Allan Massie, "The Father of 'Tartan Noir'," Wall Street Journal
Introducing Jack Laidlaw, the original damaged detective.
The Laidlaw novels, a groundbreaking trilogy that changed the face of Scottish fiction, are credited with being the founding books of the Tartan Noir movement that includes authors...
2) Docherty
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Whitbread Award Winner: A Scottish miner fights for a better life for his son in this "intense, witty and beautifully wrought novel" (Daily Telegraph). At the dawn of the twentieth century, newborn Conn Docherty, raw as a fresh wound, lies between his parents in their tenement room, with no birthright but a life's labor in the pits of his small town on the coast of Scotland. But the world is changing, and, lying next to him, Conn's father, Tam, has...
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In this crime prequel, two crime writers team up for the first ever case of D.I. Laidlaw, Glasgow's original gritty detective who is standing in the midst of gangs, organized crime bosses, crooked politicians, corrupt police and innocent battlers caught in the crossfire.
Lawyer Bobby Carter did a lot of work for the wrong kind of people. When his body is found behind a pub known to be under the protective wing of a local crime boss, the fragile equilibrium...
