THE SECOND IN THE ORIGINAL LAIDLAW TRILOGY. WINNER OF THE CWA SILVER DAGGER. THE DARK REMAINS
Laidlaw's first case out 2 September 2021. PRE-ORDER NOW! '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.