The papers of Tony Veitch
(2014)
Fiction
Book
Series:
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MYSTERY/MCILVANNEY,W
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Details
PUBLISHED
New York, N.Y. : Europa Editions, 2014
DESCRIPTION
274 pages ; 21 cm
ISBN/ISSN
1609452240, 9781609452247, 9781609452247
LANGUAGE
English
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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