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Laidlaw
- Author
- William McIlvanney
- Narrator
- William McIlvanney
- Publisher
- Little, Brown Book Group
- Publish Date
- 2 May 2013
- Run Time
- 7 hours 18 minutes
- Format
- Audiobook
- Rating
- 3.0 (1 review)
What to expect
WINNER OF THE CWA SILVER DAGGER
User Reviews
Book 3.0
Narration 5.0
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3.0 5.0
A quite good murder mystery set in Glasgow but I found the homophobia disturbing.
It wasn’t only a few references but many were made.Wombat 2026-05-29
Details
- Author
- William McIlvanney
- Narrator
- William McIlvanney
- Duration
- 7 hours 18 minutes
- Release Date
- 2 May 2013
- ISBN
- 9781782110446
- Format
- Audiobook
- Publisher
- Little, Brown Book Group
- Genre
- Classic crime and mystery fiction, Crime and mystery: police procedural
- Rating
- 3.0(1 review)
- Narration
- 5.0(1 review)
Synopsis
Meet Jack Laidlaw, the original damaged detective. When a young woman is found brutally murdered in Kelvingrove Park, only Laidlaw stands a chance of finding her murderer from among the hard men, gangland villains and self-made moneymen who lurk in the city's shadows.WINNER OF THE CWA SILVER DAGGER
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