william mcilvanney The Dark Remains

[lunababymoonchild]

This is the prequel to the Laidlaw Series that McIlvanney wrote.  He was part of the way through it when he died and Ian Rankin was asked to finish it.

 

Poor man's Rebus, imho.

Set in 1970s Glasgow (both of which I know well) DC Laidlaw is investigating a murder. He's married with children but stays in a hotel when working on a case. This particular case is supposed to be gang related/organised crime but comes off as neither. The other characters are neither here nor there either.

I enjoyed it enough to finish it - I never finish a book I don't enjoy -  and it was an easy and not overly long read. I could also tell where McIlvanney ended and Rankin began

Edited July 1, 2022 by lunababymoonchild