William McIlvanney

Jack Laidlaw

1 - Laidlaw (1977)
2 - The Papers of Tony Veitch (1983)
3 - Strange Loyalties (May-1992)

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  Laidlaw
  

  • 1977
  • / Police Procedural
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  Jack Laidlaw - 1
  

  First in “a crime trilogy so searing it will burn forever into your memory. McIlvanney is the original Scottish criminal mastermind” (Christopher Brookmyre, international bestselling author).   The Laidlaw novels, a groundbreaking trilogy th...

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  The Papers of Tony Veitch
  

  • 1983
  • / Police Procedural
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  Jack Laidlaw - 2
  

  Jack Laidlaw returns in the groundbreaking series. “The Laidlaw books are like fine malt whiskey -- the pure distilled essence of Scottish crime writing” (Peter May, international bestselling author).   In this second book in his monumental ...

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  These Words
  

  • Oct-1984
  • / Historical
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  The Big Man
  

  • 1985
  • / Suspense
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  AS SEEN IN THE MOTION PICTURE STARRING LIAM NEESON The big man is Dan Scoular, a legend of physical prowess in a decaying Ayrshire mining community. When a bare-knuckle fight offers both money and a purpose, he finds it turns into a monumental strug...

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  Strange Loyalties
  

  • May-1992
  • / Police Procedural
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  Jack Laidlaw - 3
  

  The third Laidlaw novel from the Father of Tartan Noir explores “the ruin of the body, the corruption of the soul and the shattering of society” (The Wall Street Journal).  Strange Loyalties begins with Jack Laidlaw’s despair and anger at ...

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  Docherty
  

  • Nov-2013
  • / General Fiction
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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...

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  Weekend
  

  • Jan-2014
  • / General Fiction
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  An “illuminating and thought-provoking” novel revolving around an academic gathering at a hotel on a Scottish island (Irvine Welsh, The Guardian).   At Willowdale, a Victorian mansion hotel on a Scottish island, a group of English Liter...

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  The Dark Remains
  

  • Sep-2021
  • / Mystery
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  In this scorching prequel, New York Times best-selling author Ian Rankin and Scottish crime-writing legend William McIlvanney join forces for the first ever case of DC Jack Laidlaw, Glasgow’s original gritty detective.Lawyer Bobby Carter did a lot ...

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  A Gift from Nessus
  

  • / Suspense
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  A dark, psychologically compelling story of grift, greed, and a salesman in trouble, from “the finest Scottish novelist of our time” (Telegraph).Winner of a Scottish Arts Council Book AwardEddie Cameron is a thirty-five-year-old salesman for Roc...

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  The Kiln
  

  • / Suspense
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  A novel of dreams, disappointments, and detours: “Pitch-perfect . . . excruciatingly funny . . . a beguilingly brilliant portrait of the artist as an adolescent.” -- The Sunday Times  Named Scottish Book of the...

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  Remedy is None
  

  • / Suspense
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  Geoffrey Faber Memorial Prize Winner: After his father’s death, a young man struggles with darkness in this novel by “one of Scotland’s finest writers” (The Independent, UK).   Charlie Grant, an intense young student at Glasgow Universit...

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  Walking Wounded
  

  • / Suspense
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  These poignant short stories about the quiet yearnings of ordinary lives form “a sad, brilliant, joyful tribute to the dreams that never make it” (Sunday Express). From a recipient of a Whitbread Award, a Faber Memorial Prize, and other literary ...

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