by William McIlvanney, Ian Rankin · Canongate Books · tapa blanda · ISBN 9781838854140
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«The Dark Remains» is the crime novel by William McIlvanney and Ian Rankin, published by Canongate Books in hardcover (288 pages, in English).
Set in Glasgow in the 1970s, it follows Detective Jack Laidlaw on his first case. Lawyer Bobby Carter, who worked for dangerous people, is found murdered; while two gangs prepare for a showdown, Laidlaw must identify the culprit before violence spreads across the city.
Posthumous novel completed by Ian Rankin from the notes of William McIlvanney, who died in 2015. It belongs to the Jack Laidlaw series and won the British Book Award 2022.
For fans of Scottish crime fiction and tartan noir, and for followers of Ian Rankin and classic police detectives.
William Angus McIlvanney was a Scottish novelist, short story writer, and poet. He was known as Gus by friends and acquaintances. McIlvanney was a champion of gritty yet poetic literature; his works Laidlaw, The Papers of Tony Veitch, and Walking Wounded are all known for their portrayal of Glasgow in the 1970s. He is regarded as "the father of Tartan Noir" and as Scotland's Camus.
