Angus King

Shuggie Bain tells the story of a boy's doomed attempt to save his proud, alcoholic mother from her addiction.

Shunned by his old colleagues, and dividing his time between a dead-end job and the bottom of a whisky bottle, former Police Scotland Detective Superintendent Bob Hoon's life is a mess. Then an old face from Hoon's Special Forces days turns up asking for help: his teenage daughter has been missing for months, the police have drawn a blank and he needs the kind of help that only Hoon can provide. And besides, Hoon owes him one. From the Highlands of...