Title: The papers of Tony Veitch
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.
Subjects: Jack Laidlaw (Fictitious character), Police, Fiction, Fiction, mystery & detective, general, Fiction, crime, Crime, fiction, Laidlaw, jack (fictitious character), fiction, Scotland, fiction
Places: Glasgow (Scotland), Scotland, Glasgow