Absolution Alan Snow culminating with the birth of

culminating with the birth of a younger brother and the strange candlelit ceremony of her mothers churching

the tension slowly but steadily amplifies until the audience is ready to jump out of their skin

fierce but full of pity delivers a devastating and haunting exploration of the unquenchable human urge to strive for a different life

it is his business to hunt for names on paper

Absolution Alan Snow culminating with the birth of1984: It looked like a simple job. That was why they gave it to him. Guarding a woman nameless and almost faceless after a savage acid attack at a Glasgow hospital, PC Alan McAlpine has no idea that this simple job will haunt his career and change his life forever. 2006: Two decades later, Alan steps into Partickhill police station and back in time. Now a celebrated Detective Chief Inspector, McAlpine has been drafted in to lead the hunt for a man the