Publisher's Synopsis
"The second book in the monumental Laidlaw series from acclaimed author William McIlvanney; two-time winner of the CWA's prestigious Silver Dagger award. 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. "A crime trilogy so searing it will burn forever into your memory. McIlvanney is the original Scottish criminal mastermind." CHRISTOPHER BROOKMYRE" Copyright © William McIlvanney, 1983 Chapter One of Strange Loyalties copyright © William McIlvanney, 1991
