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Laidlaw

(1977)
(The first book in the Jack Laidlaw series)
A novel by

 
 
Awards
1978 Edgar Award for Best Novel (nominee)
1977 CWA Gold Dagger (nominee)

An extraordinary debut by a Scottish mystery writer, this cult classic of crime fiction presents Detective Jack Laidlaw, a policeman as complex and self-critical as you'll ever meet. Laidlaw follows the trail of murder investigation deep inot the underbelly of Glasgow, a world he knows the way Phillip Marlowe knew Los Angeles.


Genre: Mystery

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