The Papers of Tony Veitch (Laidlaw Series #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 Laidlaw series, McIlvanney tells the tale of Eck Adamson, an alcoholic vagrant who summons Jack Laidlaw to his deathbed. Probably the only policeman in Glasgow who would bother to respond, Laidlaw sees in Eck's cryptic last message a clue to the murder of a...