William McIlvanney is the author of the award-winning Laidlaw trilogy, featuring Glasgowโs original maverick detective. Both Laidlaw and The Papers of Tony Veitch gained Silver Daggers from the Crime Writersโ Association, while the third in the series, Strange Loyalties, won the Glasgow Heraldโs Peopleโs Prize. He died in December 2015.
The Papers of Tony Veitch is the second book in the Laidlaw Trilogy.