A review by toellandback
The Dark Remains by William McIlvanney, Ian Rankin

4.0

When lawyer Bobby Carter is found dead in an alley, DC Jack Laidlaw discovers links with rival Glasgow gangs as he tries to solve the murder and avoid gang war in the city. As this is a prequel and having never read any Laidlaw books before, I went into this blind although I am a huge fan of Ian Rankin and his books and although I'm sure he's done the memory of William McIlvanney very proud, I do prefer the Rebus books. That said, it's a very good whodunnit that's very character driven and on occasions I did get a bit lost with the high number of characters and which gang they were affiliated with but that could be down to my unfamiliarity with the series. Still really enjoyable though.