The papers of Tony Veitch
By: William McIlvanney
Series: A Laidlaw investigation; World noir; World noir
Published: 2014
Language: eng
Number of pages: 274
ISBN-13: 9781609452247
Subjects: Jack Laidlaw (Fictitious character); Police; Fiction
Description: Eck Adamson, an alcoholic vagrant, 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 gangland thug and the disappearance of a student. With stubborn integrity, Laidlaw tracks down a seam of corruption that runs through all levels of Glaswegian society.