IT’S A CRIME Eilidh Duncan, a bright investigative journalist, vanishes. Her older brother is all she’s got… and he’s sceptical. Sam Duncan, a former soldier, secret intelligence service investigator, occasional pastor, and now a low key rural businessman. Relaxed and unsuspecting, Sam Duncan is unaware of merciless invisible forces gunning for him and closing as fast as the express train taking him to London. The Angels’ Cut begins as a British detective thriller and widens into breathtaking action as it uncovers mega-crime, political conspiracy and the cruel realities of high-level corruption and cover-up. THE TRUTH WON’T SET HER FREE . . . Eilidh is on the treacherous twisting trail of organised fraud and deception in this fast paced action thriller. At the dark heart of The UK Establishment she uncovers BIZZ, a business-like operation built on greed, police corruption, the abuse of power and government level protection… Eilidh is taken, and the nightmare kicks off. The mystery and suspense builds to fever pitch. She might have the scoop of the century… but will she survive long enough to tell the tale? War-weary Sam Duncan, arrives in London to find his little sister. He digs and probes using the detective skills he learned as a secret intelligence service operative. All hell breaks loose as he plummets into a malicious criminal web of confusion, betrayal and stunning violence. Before long Sam is on a terrifying quest to solve a poisonous mystery with Death shrieking alongside. Everyone he loves is in harm’s way and under attack from the agents of a murderous cabal. People die, and there’s no going back, as the action charges on. Can Sam’s old secret intelligence know-how give him an edge, or has he been out too long? THE NIGHTMARE RAGES ON. . . With family and friends in lethal danger, the gloves come off as he investigates government level wrongdoing. In a desperate race to save Eilidh, obstruction and aggression mounts as Sam grapples with slippery foes from British organised crime, banking, bent government officials, crooked politicians and compromised intelligence agencies. He must use all his detective nous, and the help of colleagues from the Met and special forces, to protect his family in this vibrant and intelligent detective thriller with savage action, mystery and suspense. In a stunning denouement, backed by his tough special-forces minder, Tonka, Sam must once more become the lethal warrior from his past… CAN HE GET IT DONE? When it gets to the wire—has Sam Duncan still got what it takes? He’ll find out when he fronts-up to BIZZ, the evil organisation, who will stop at nothing to protect its secrets, and cover-up a wide ranging hugely profitable conspiracy. How do you feel about corrupt politicians, officials, bankers, business people and gangsters lining their pockets at your expense? Someone has to stand up and face the dragon. Like it or not, Sam Duncan has the job. TOPICAL : GRITTY : FIERCE