THE DARK REMAINS (2021) **** by William McIlvanney and Ian Rankin This paperback edition published by Cannongate Books, 2022, 316pp (282pp) First published in 2021 © The Estate of William McIlvanney and John Rebus Ltd., 2021 includes a Q&A between Ian Rankin and William McIlvanney from 2013 (26pp) and the first chapter of McIlvanney’s 1977…
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Book Review – LAIDLAW (1977) by William McIlvanney
LAIDLAW by WILLIAM McILVANNEY (1977, Hodder & Stroughton / Cannongate Books Ltd., Paperback, 280pp) ∗∗∗∗∗ Blurb: Meet Jack Laidlaw, the original damaged detective. When a young woman is found brutally murdered on Glasgow Green, only Laidlaw stands a chance of finding her murderer from among the hard men, gangland villains and self-made moneymen who…