num_pages: 256
description: McIlvanney once again sets out on the dark side of Glasgow with Detective Jack Laidlaw. "The wine he gave me winsy wine" were the final words of Eck Adamson to Laidlaw, his only friend. Laidlaw is convinced the Eck was murdered and that an elusive young student, Tony Veitch, holds the key to the mystery.
language: English
title: The Papers of Tony Veitch
titlecomplete: The Papers of Tony Veitch
characters: Jack Laidlaw, Tony Veitch
genres: Fiction, Historical, Mystery, Thriller, Noir, Scotland, Mystery Thriller, Novels, 20th Century, Crime
ratings_count: 2424
places: Glasgow, Scotland
series: Jack Laidlaw
awards: awardedAt: 410256000000
name: CWA Silver Dagger, awardedAt: 441792000000
name: Edgar Award
category: Best Novel
publisher: Mariner Books