William McIlvanney
Список книг автора William McIlvanneyDie Suche nach Tony Veitch
Laidlaws zweiter Fall! Eck Adamson, ein vagabundierender Trunkenbold, ruft Jack Laidlaw an sein Sterbebett. In seinen letzten kryptischen Worten entdeckt Laidlaw einen Hinweis auf den Mord an einem Gangster und das Verschwinden eines Studenten. Mit der ihm eigenen Dickköpfigkeit kämpft sich Laidlaw durch das Geflecht an Korruption und Gewalt, das Glasgow von ganz oben bis ganz unten durchzieht.
Laidlaw
Als die Leiche einer jungen Frau im Kelvingrove Park in Glasgow gefunden wird, beginnt für Detective Jack Laidlaw ein tödlicher Wettlauf mit der Zeit. Denn in dieser Stadt voll harter Männer, mächtiger Gangster und skrupelloser Geschäftemacher ist nicht nur der charismatische Detective auf der Suche nach dem Mörder. Hier will sich keiner die Geschäfte verderben lassen, hier haben die Gangster einen eigenen Begriff von Moral und hier schweigen die Väter und sinnen nach Rache. Und Jack Laidlaw weiß, dass er den Mörder zuerst finden muss, wenn er einen weiteren Mord verhindern will … William McIlvanneys Romane um den legendären Ermittler Jack Laidlaw sind in Großbritannien schon lange Kult und gehören schlicht zum Besten, was Kriminalliteratur zu bieten hat.
Fremde Treue
Laidlaws dritter und – bisher – letzter Fall! Scott Laidlaw ist tot. Der tragische Autounfall seines Bruders erschüttert Jack Laidlaw schwer – in tiefer Trauer und mit dem ihm eigenen Durst macht er sich auf in die schottische Provinz, um herauszufinden, was wirklich geschah. Während Laidlaw versucht, die letzten unglücklichen Tage seines Bruders zu rekonstruieren, wird ihm schnell klar, dass die Abgründe hinter der dörflichen Fassade mindestens ebenso tief sind wie in der Glasgower Unterwelt und in seiner Vergangenheit, in die ihn seine Recherchen unweigerlich zurückführen …
Strange Loyalties
'The Laidlaw books are not just great crime novels, they are important ones' Mark Billingham 'It's doubtful I would be a crime writer without the influence of McIlvanney's Laidlaw' Ian Rankin
When his brother dies stepping out in front of a car, Jack Laidlaw is determined to find out what really happened. Laidlaw begins an emotional quest through Glasgow's underworld, and into the past. He discovers as much about himself as about the brother he has lost, in a search that leads to a shattering climax.
Acclaimed for its corrosive wit, dark themes and original maverick detective, the Laidlaw trilogy has earned the status of classic crime fiction.
Laidlaw
WINNER OF THE CWA SILVER DAGGER
'If you only read one crime novel this year, this should be it’ Guardian 'A bloody good read' Val McDermid
When a young woman is found brutally murdered in Kelvingrove Park, only one man stands a chance of finding her killer. Jack Laidlaw. He is a man of contrasts, ravaged by inner demons but driven by a deep compassion for the violent criminals in Glasgow’s underworld. But will Laidlaw’s unorthodox methods get him to the killer in time, when the victim’s father is baying for blood?
Acclaimed for its corrosive wit, dark themes and original maverick detective, the Laidlaw trilogy has earned the status of classic crime fiction.
The Papers of Tony Veitch
WINNER OF THE CWA SILVER DAGGER
'In a class of his own' Guardian 'Reads like a breathless scalpel through the bloody heart of a great city' Denise Mina
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 a seam of corruption that runs from the top to the bottom of society.
Acclaimed for its corrosive wit, dark themes and original maverick detective, the Laidlaw trilogy has earned the status of classic crime fiction.
Docherty
His face made a fist at the world. The twined remnant of umbilicus projected vulnerably. Hands, feet and prick. He had come equipped for the job. Newborn Conn Docherty, raw as a fresh wound, lies between his parents in their tenement room, with no birthright but a life's labour in the pits of his small town. But the world is changing, and, lying next to him, Conn's father Tam has decided that his son's life will be different from his own. Gritty, dark and tender, McIlvanney's Docherty is a modern classic.
Remedy is None
Winner of the Geoffrey Faber Memorial Prize
Charlie Grant, an intense young student at Glasgow University watches his father die. Overwhelmed by the memory of this humble yet dignified death, Charlie is left to face his own fierce resentment for his adulterous mother.
With shades of Hamlet and Camus, William McIlvanney's first novel is a revelatory portrait of youth, of society and of family.
Weekend
In a Victorian mansion hotel on a Scottish island, a group of English Literature lecturers and students from Glasgow gather for a residential weekend. The weekend proves to be a major turning point in the emotional lives of several people – just not quite in the way any of them expected.
Walking Wounded
These are the stories of the casualties of social and emotional struggle, who defy defeat with humour, resilience and inspiring faith in their dreams. The walking wounded.
These are the stories of ordinary people.