Double Proof
By (Author) Martin Stewart
Birlinn General
Polygon An Imprint of Birlinn Limited
14th June 2024
United Kingdom
General
Fiction
Modern and contemporary fiction: general and literary
Thriller / suspense fiction
Paperback
272
Width 129mm, Height 198mm, Spine 22mm
264g
Robbie Gould is not psychic. Of course he isnt thats not a real thing. So why is a woman standing in his driveway begging him for help in finding her son, Albie, who shes convinced has been kidnapped
Years ago Gould, an ambitious reporter, was working on the horrific case of a missing girl when a moment of inspiration showed him, clear as day, where she was. After the girls body was found where he said it would be, the resulting press furore destroyed both his career and marriage.
Gould, now living a hermit-like existence in the back of beyond, is in no position to turn down this plea for help. The familys fortunes are messy: theyre tied up in a court case disputing ownership of the finest, rarest whisky their distillery has ever produced the Double Proof. As Gould tries to find Albie he plunges deeper into the bizarre world of rare whisky and a twisted chain of drug dealers, bent cops, gangsters, social influencers and yakuza mobsters.
Martin Stewart's YA novels Riverkeep and The Sacrifice Box have been published by Penguin Random House in the UK and Viking in the US. His books have been translated into various languages. He lives on the west coast of Scotland with his wife and two children.