Q:Laidlaw (novel) - Laidlaw is the first novel of a series of crime books by William McIlvanney. It features DI Laidlaw and DC Harkness his assigned assistant in their attempts to find the brutal sex related murderer of a Glasgow teenager. Laidlaw is marked by his unconventional methods in tracking the killer immersing himself in a '70s Glasgow featuring violence and bigotry.This novel is considered the first 'Tartan Noir' and is cited as being inspiration for the Rebus novels by Ian Rankin. Given a choice of categories company, educational institution, artist, athlete, office holder, mean of transportation, building, natural place, village, animal, plant, album, film or written work, the text refers to which one?
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