A young man is abducted and mutilated for talking out of turn, and a policeman is murdered as a result - all in a day's work for Danny O'Neill, Scotland's most notorious gangster. Meanwhile, small-time drug dealer and shop worker Davie Argyle has just crossed O'Neill's path. Davie has been waiting a long time for this. He needs to swallow his pride and convince O'Neill to trust him. Thing is, can he stay alive long enough for his plan to work? Torture, murder, rock n roll and bloody revenge ensue as pasts unfurl and long-held secrets reveal themselves. In many ways, it was only a matter of time until it all kicked off... WARNING: CONTAINS STRONG LANGUAGE AND VIOLENCE
I'm a Scottish person, married, with one daughter and currently living in Dunblane, Scotland.
I've written seven novels, so far: mostly crime fiction. The DI Adam Stark series has four books out now and a fifth under construction. There are a couple of standalone crime novels and a post-apocalyptic, Scottish horror. They should all be listed below. My main literary influences are Irvine Welsh, Chris Brookmyre and Stephen King. As a result, my stuff is often dark, violent, and peppered with profanity, but there's a lot of humour too.