The Papers of Tony Veitch (Laidlaw Trilogy)

A Laidlaw investigation, by William McIlvanney

Eck Adamson, an alcoholic vagrant, summons detective 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.