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The Storm Without
The Storm Without
The Storm Without
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The Storm Without

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Still recovering from the harrowing case that ended his police career, Doug Michie returns to his boyhood home of Ayr on Scotland's wind-scarred west coast. He hopes to rebuild his shattered life, get over the recent failure of his marriage and shed his demons, but the years have changed the birthplace of the poet Robert Burns.
When Doug meets his old school-day flame Lyn, however, he feels his past may offer the salvation of a future. But, Lyn's son has been accused of murder and she begs Doug to find the truth.
Soon Doug is tangled in a complicated web of corrupt politicians, frightened journalists and a police force in cahoots with criminals. Only Burns' philosophical musings offer Doug some shelter as he wanders the streets of Auld Ayr battling The Storm Without.
LanguageEnglish
Release dateMar 1, 2024
ISBN9780857162816
The Storm Without
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Tony Black

Tony Black is an award-winning journalist, an internationally sought artist and the author of some of the most critically acclaimed British crime fiction of recent times. He has written more than twenty titles, including: The Storm Without (the first Doug Michie crime thriller), the Gus Dury series (Penguin Random House), Paying for It, Gutted, Loss, Long Time Dead, and Wrecked. Literary titles include His Father’s Son and The Last Tiger (runner-up in The Guardian’s Not The Booker Prize). Tony’s short story collection Last Orders is also published by McNidder & Grace.

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    Douglas Michie returns to Ayr after being kicked out of the RUC and soon finds himself helping an old girlfriend whose son has been accused of murder uncover the truth. Easy to read and authentic sounding Ayr locations which help overcome the implausible plot at times (eg why didn't the murdered girl's parents know what she was doing?) and first person voice.

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