The Angel's Share

by Mac Logan

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. 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? 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… 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.

371 pages, Kindle Edition

First published January 14, 2012

Reviews

[Seumas Gallacher · Rating 5 out of 5]

Gritty, fast-moving intrigue of corruption married with violent crime... a great read...


Any business man or woman who's been around a while will easily recognise the elements of corruption that underpin this fast-moving yarn... the main characters don't really exist in real life... or do they ?.. take the greed and stealth of high-placed government officials, mix in top-ranking law enforcement personnel dealing on the wrong side of the criminal line, add a range of English, Irish and other big-time, violent, criminal players, drum up really hard, hard-assed special forces types on both sides of the legal divide, light the blue touch paper and stand back... through no desire of his own, Sam Duncan, an ex-special ops man, now a part-time lay preacher, is sucked in to the hunt for his kidnapped investigative journalist sister... the field rustiness is cast off with ease as he deals with confrontation after confrontation with forces desperate to silence his sister permanently, and through that, silence Sam also... enough twists and action scenes keep this novel spanking along at a great pace... I can't wait to read the ensuing work by Mac Logan... a great find and an equally superb read...