Dead in the Frame” marks a clear evolution in Spotswood’s plotting, including a bravura twist on the somewhat tired trope of ...

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Hard-drinking philosopher detective Jack Laidlaw isn’t the only main character in this eponymous novel—he shares the spotlight with Glasgow itself, in its hard-boiled beauty and brutality.

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