Craig McIntyre, ex-military and ex bodyguard, has a powerful and uncontrollable affliction: his mere presence can transform people's darkest thoughts into action. When Craig travels to Scotland, the birthplace of his mother, for some R & R he hopes for some respite from the chaos of his life. As he relaxes in Glasgow he spots two men, with weapons, planning to rob a local convenience store. With both men ready to act and clearly prepared to use violence, Craig has to step in. But he faces a dilemma because Craig knows his preternatural ability to bring out the worst in people means his intervention, far from saving the day, could turn an ugly situation into a fatal one.

The Crime of the Century is about to be committed...again... In the early hours of a Thursday morning in August 1963, one of the UK's most famous crimes was committed when a Royal Mail train, heading from Glasgow to London, was robbed of £2.6 million. Over five decades later, the real mastermind behind the robbery, a man who got no credit, but who wants it, is determined to top the original robbery by stealing the entire wealth of a fleeing Glasgow crime lord from a train—in exactly the same spot that the original crime took place. Meanwhile Charlie Wiggs, a small-time unassuming accountant, discovers that his friend, Tina, has stolen a drawing worth £400,000 in a bid to get out from under crushing debt—and it's now in that same Glasgow crime lord's collection, on that very train. If Tina can't get the drawing back she'll go to jail—or worse. Desperate, she asks Charlie to help. Charlie has only one solution: team up with the...

THE SUNDAY TIMES BESTSELLERGordon Brown has been a guiding force for Britain and the world over three decades. This is his candid, poignant and deeply relevant story.In describing his upbringing in Scotland as the son of a minister, the near loss of his eyesight as a student and the death of his daughter within days of her birth, he shares the passionately held principles that have shaped and driven him, reminding us that politics can and should be a calling to serve.He explains how as Chancellor he equipped Britain for a globalised economy while swimming against the neoliberal tide and shows what more must be done to halt rising inequality. In his behind-the-scenes account of the financial crisis and his leading role in saving the world economy from collapse, he addresses the question of who was to blame for the crash and why its causes and consequences still beset us. From the invasion of Iraq to the tragedy of...

Book 1 in the mind-bending McIntyre road-trip crime thriller series.Your inner self can be deadly.Craig McIntyre's mere presence can transform people's darkest thoughts into action.On an Iraqi street, McIntyre finds himself at the center of an event that leaves several people dead. Ex-military, now a bodyguard, he has no idea how they died.Others think he is responsible – the catalyst. They have no issue with that. Indeed, they are intent on harnessing Craig's dark talent for creating chaos...and will let no-one stand in their way.Who are McIntyre's pursuers? What do they see in him that he cannot see in himself? And what will happen to him if he is caught? Worse, what will happen to those closest to him if he escapes?As he struggles to come to terms with events, and with the possibility that he really is a vehicle for anarchy, can he stop his darkest thoughts turning to revenge?A fast-paced international thriller that builds to a dramatic climax.