fergus mcneill is a scottish author and award-winning interactive entertainment developer. he has designed and created games since the early 1980s, working with companies such as crl, silversoft, macmillan group, activision, sci eidos and ea. he was a founder member of tiga and is a member of the crime writers' association and bafta. he is the author of a series of contemporary crime thrillers published by hodder & stoughton.