Night of the Hats

  The Omega Factor Journalist Tom Crane follows a lead to Edinburgh, staying in his brother’s flat (his brother goes out of the country on business). Crane’s an expert on the occult and he’s tracked down Drexel, an old cult-leader, now running an occult bookstore under another name. Confronting Drexel, Drexel vaguely threatens him when asked to prove his magic powers. Later Crane finds himself haunted by visions. He’s invited his wife up to Edinburgh for the weekend; he thinks he sees her with a man before she arrives. Later, while driving, he sees things and crashes the car, killing his wife. Crane is recruited by Scott-Erskine, a mysterious figure who works for the British Government. He is sent to Department 7, a secret psychic research organisation, headquartered in Edinburgh and overseen by Dr Roy Martindale. Martindale is ruthless, always pushing to get results. Crane finds himself drawn to Dr Anne Reynolds, a physicist with the Department who is an old friend of Crane’...