Liam McIlvanney wins Scottish crime fiction award named after his father

Prize renamed in 2016 to honour the late ‘godfather of tartan noir’ William McIlvanney goes to his son for The Quaker, based on the Bible John murders

Two years after the award for the best Scottish crime novel was renamed in honour of the “godfather of tartan noir” William McIlvanney, his son and fellow crime writer Liam McIlvanney has landed the prize.

William McIlvanney, who died in 2015, was the author of the acclaimed DI Jack Laidlaw series, set in Glasgow. In 2016, the Bloody Scotland international crime writing festival renamed its prize, citing McIlvanney as “the man who, more than anyone, established the tradition of Scottish detective fiction”.

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