Meet Jack Laidlaw, the original damaged detective. When a young woman is found brutally murdered on Glasgow Green, 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.

Book Three in William McIlvanney's Laidlaw Trilogy. From William McIlvanney, “the father of 'Tartan Noir,” comes the third book in the groundbreaking Laidlaw series, one that explores “the ruin of the body, the corruption of the soul and the shattering of society” (Wall Street Journal). This third book in the series begins with Jack Laidlaws despair and anger at his brothers death in a banal road accident. But his nagging doubts about the...