The Sudden Arrival of Violence: The Glasgow Trilogy by Malcolm Mackay

Author:Malcolm Mackay
Language: eng
Format: mobi, epub
Tags: Thrillers, General, Suspense, Mystery & Detective, Fiction
ISBN: 9780230764699
Publisher: Pan Macmillan
Published: 2014-01-15T11:00:00+00:00

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A lot of people want to meet Peter Jamieson. Not surprising. Nothing new. Hardly any of them get to. Not unless they’re already known to him. It’s John Young’s job to do the filtering. The top people – the ones they know are important – get Jamieson. Very few of those. Then there’s the next level down. Interesting people they haven’t met before. People who might have something worth hearing. They get to meet Young. There’s a few of them, but not many. Three or four a week, tops. Of whom maybe half go on to have a meeting with Jamieson. The vast majority of people who want to meet him fall at the first hurdle. They want a meeting with the boss. They’re not interesting enough to warrant a meeting with his right-hand man. Usually more than twenty of those a week. They have to make do with talking to someone much lower down the chain. Like it or lump it.

On a week like this one, nobody gets to see the boss. Jamieson’s busy, you’ll have noticed. Young, too. He’s still taking a glance at a few names. Couple of people wanting a meeting who have been in touch in the last couple of days. Usually these people go to someone lower down. That person passes the message up the chain. Some guy who thinks he has a good business opportunity. Don’t they all. Jesus, the amount of shitty ideas that Young has to wade through. Fantasists, mostly. A busy week like this, there’s no way he’s finding time to meet this guy. Kick it back down the chain. Other one’s interesting, though. Barry Fairly. Been in contact with Marty Jones. Marty called one of Jamieson’s senior men, Kevin Currie. Currie, a very profitable tax-free cigarette and booze seller, has marked it urgent. Says Fairly has possible info relating to an employee. Won’t say who. Fairly does counterfeit ID. That makes him interesting. The fact that it comes from Currie matters, too. He’s an independent thinker. Handles most of this stuff himself. Always pays his percentage to Jamieson, grows his business well. For him to suggest this is urgent means it’s urgent.

Young’s made the call to Currie. Currie’s delivered a warning. Marty Jones is sniffing around this one. Not just reporting it, but wants to be a part of it. Young sighed, but accepted it. Told Currie to find Marty and Fairly and send them round to the club. Be interesting to know who’s been going round buying ID. Could be some idiot of no value. Or some idiot of value who’s prone to doing stupid things. But Currie’s a good judge. And Fairly seems like a solid member of the industry. Marty’s a fucking nuisance, but that doesn’t mean he’s wrong. It’s only an hour later when the barman’s sticking his head round the door. Christ, still haven’t learned his name. See, this is why so many people think Young’s not very nice. Too impersonal. If it was Jamieson, he would have learned the name ages ago.

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