SHORTCUT TO RISDON
Gavin was an odd child. As far back as his parents could remember he showed an unhealthy fascination with people who operated on the wrong side of the law and nobody was surprised when he was caught shop-lifting on his sixth birthday. That was the only time he was found breaking the law but nobody who knew him thought that he had learned his lesson; he just became more clever at choosing his targets and covering his tracks afterwards. If you had visited him during his teenage years, you might have been surprised at the movies he had in his video library: he boasted that he had copies of every ‘heist’ movie ever made. Whether he would turn his interest to real-life crime was a worry for his parents and everyone else who knew him. However, he lived what appeared to be a blameless life, doing well in school, marrying and having children, holding down a responsible job but, no one, not even his wife, was invited to look into his personal ...