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Praise for The Dark Remains A darkly beautiful novel. --Maureen Corrigan, The Washington Post McIlvanney's gift for evoking the bruised humanity in Glasgow's underclass will remind readers not only of Rankin and his Scottish contemporaries, but also of Englishman John Harvey and, across the pond, Michael Connelly. --Booklist (Starred Review) Reading The Dark Remains yields far more than the strangely amazing and touching answer to 'What if you combined crime noir geniuses McIlvanney and Rankin?' --New York Journal of Books A brilliant read: gritty, atmospheric, and menacing. --Mystery Scene Magazine To be relished. --The Financial Times McIlvanney is the original Scottish criminal mastermind. --Christopher Brookmyre, author of When the Devil Drives Ian Rankin is a genius. --Lee Child, #1 New York Times bestselling author of the Jack Reacher thrillers Laidlaw... surprises the reader at every turn, showing himself to be literate, intelligent, and thoughtful. McIlvanney's fans will relish this gritty early perspective on Laidlaw. --Publishers Weekly Deliciously fluid in its conflicts... A precious chance to spend a few more hours with a franchise that ended much too soon. --Kirkus Reviews As in the original Laidlaw trilogy, the writing here is so sharp that nearly every sentence could split open a haggis. --Minneapolis Star Tribune Gripping and atmospheric. --The Times, Book of the Week It was sheer joy to hear McIlvanney's voice once more... Ian has done an excellent job. --Alex Gray, author of Keep the Midnight Out

Praise for The Dark Remains ""A darkly beautiful novel.""--Maureen Corrigan, The Washington Post ★ ""McIlvanney's gift for evoking the bruised humanity in Glasgow's underclass will remind readers not only of Rankin and his Scottish contemporaries, but also of Englishman John Harvey and, across the pond, Michael Connelly.""--Booklist (Starred Review) ""Reading The Dark Remains yields far more than the strangely amazing and touching answer to 'What if you combined crime noir geniuses McIlvanney and Rankin?'""--New York Journal of Books ""A brilliant read: gritty, atmospheric, and menacing.""--Mystery Scene Magazine ""To be relished.""--The Financial Times ""McIlvanney is the original Scottish criminal mastermind.""--Christopher Brookmyre, author of When the Devil Drives ""Ian Rankin is a genius.""--Lee Child, #1 New York Times bestselling author of the Jack Reacher thrillers ""Laidlaw... surprises the reader at every turn, showing himself to be literate, intelligent, and thoughtful. McIlvanney's fans will relish this gritty early perspective on Laidlaw.""--Publishers Weekly ""Deliciously fluid in its conflicts... A precious chance to spend a few more hours with a franchise that ended much too soon.""--Kirkus Reviews ""As in the original Laidlaw trilogy, the writing here is so sharp that nearly every sentence could split open a haggis.""--Minneapolis Star Tribune ""Gripping and atmospheric.""--The Times, Book of the Week ""It was sheer joy to hear McIlvanney's voice once more... Ian has done an excellent job.""--Alex Gray, author of Keep the Midnight Out

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William McIlvanney is credited with being the founder of the Tartan Noir movement, which includes authors such as Denise Mina, Ian Banks, and Val McDermid, all of whom cite him as an influence and inspiration. McIlvanney's Laidlaw trilogy ""changed the face of Scottish fiction"" (The Times of London), his Docherty won the Whitbread Award for Fiction, and his Laidlaw and The Papers of Tony Veitch both gained Silver Daggers from the Crime Writers' Association. Strange Loyalties won the Glasgow Herald's People's Prize. William passed away in December 2015. Born in the Kingdom of Fife in 1960, Ian Rankin graduated from the University of Edinburgh in 1982, and then spent three years writing novels when he was supposed to be working towards a PhD in Scottish Literature. His first novel The Flood was published in 1986, while his first Rebus novel, Knots & Crosses, was published in 1987. The Rebus series is now translated into twenty-two languages and the books are bestsellers on several continents. Ian has received an OBE for services to literature. He is also the winner of an Edgar Award and the recipient of a Gold Dagger for fiction and the Chandler-Fulbright Award. He lives in Edinburgh, Scotland, with his wife and their two sons.

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