Jack Stone and....The Gift

Jack Stone and.The Gift is the first in a trilogy of crime thrillers with a sci-fi twist about an unlikely hero with a unique talent.  He can read minds.  This superpower comes with an attitude. He cheats his way through college while he lies to family and friends.  He makes money gambling because he knows the cards others have. He can beat all the losers anytime he wants.  When he gambles with the Russian mafia, he finds himself pushed towards a dangerous clash with brutal criminals.
Jack goes to work as an undercover informant for the FBI to stop the Russian sales of drugs and weapons.  The FBI dislike his wise guy attitude but need his help to solve crimes.    His gift pitts him against unsavoury foes that put him in dangerous situations.  It also brings him pain as he wins and loses in romance. All the while he struggles between the good vs. the evil his 'gift' does to him.
Jack's extraordinary gift has a weakness.  His 'gift' doesn't work when he is the least bit inebriated. He relies on a bottle of bourbon as his only escape from the torment of his mind-reading gift.   When the 'gift' hurts him or others, he becomes a drunk, choosing to render himself completely helpless.  He goes from mind reader to drunk and back several times.  He keeps trying to find out who he is, savior or sinner?