Recession… austerity… downturn… crash. Such words invaded his dreams and dominated his waking hours. He had married Nadine in the eighties on the cusp of a recession and now they were divorcing on the cusp of another one. Paul Rowan from Brass & Strings, who had been t...
Despite the dire predictions, no planes fell from the sky. Toasters did not burst into flames. Nor did computers crash and bring about a global economic collapse. A pool of calm had settled around Carla and she clung to its order, rising at the same time every morning and working in her apartment...
He had not bothered with breakfast and the iced water he’d drunk before leaving Havenstone sat heavily on his stomach. ‘You’re late.’ Stewart was pacing the factory floor when he entered the stark, grey building. ‘Everyone’s waiting in the boardroom.’ His eyes narrowed acc...