‘I’d hate to see T In The Park go’

T In The Park is on a sabbatical. that sparked new novel, Darkest Thoughts.

“There were five of us in the pub – me, my mate, two brothers and a guy in the corner reading a book.

“The brothers started fighting, knocking over the furniture.

“The bloke reading the book never looked up once, even when the police turned up.

“It got me thinking, what if this guy is the catalyst for bringing the bad out in people. He doesn’t know how and he can’t control it, but wherever he goes, he can turn the darkest thoughts of those around him into reality.”

Gordon created the character of Craig McIntyre and began writing the books while he was travelling the world in a consultancy role.

The second book is released in the autumn and the final part in spring next year.

G ordon, a founding director of the Bloody Scotland crime writing festival in Stirling, admits his name can cause confusion at book signings.

“People tur n up, thinking they a re getting the ex- Prime Minister,” he laughed.

“My first book came out shortly after the Bl a i r and Brown situation. I was trying to punt a book called Falling by Gordon Brown, and people would turn u p, thinking it was an autobiography he was putting out!”

Darkest Thoughts is released on April 27.

Gordon looked on the music festival as “his baby”.

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