In the grimy underbelly of London, private detective Duffy takes on an extortion case and finds himself pitted against one of the city's most dangerous crime lordsRosie McKechnie was alone when the two men entered her home, tied her to a chair, and cut her with a switchblade. It was a message for her husband, Brian. To outside appearances, Brian McKechnie is just a businessman. But to Big Eddy Martoff, London's underworld kingpin, McKechnie is a big fat mark. With a...

Seedy, sly London private detective Nick Duffy is on the case in a series that's "exciting, funny and refreshingly nasty" (Martin Amis).Nick Duffy was a copper on the vice squad until malicious rumors about his own sex life ripped through the force. Now he's in private security. No stranger to London's seedier offerings, Duffy is just the right man for cases that are a little morally slippery—in a sharp-witted series that has "the snap and crackle of Raymond Chandl...

Duffy's latest clients: The thieves of Heathrow AirportDown-and-out Duffy takes a stranger home from the pub for a one-night stand to take his mind off his scuffling private security business. But his bedmate surprises him with a job offer the next morning. Turns out Mr. Right Now is chummy with the freight thieves of Heathrow. The airport's crooks pride themselves on their restraint, but someone has been pilfering much more than his share. The Heathrow hoods need a...

"There are too many ways of breaking a footballer's leg. Too many, that is, from the footballer's point of view. Others may find the freedom of choice encouraging."Third Division Athletic has been an unlucky club for ages, but things are about to get much worse. Danny Matson, Athletic's top scorer, is out for the season after a scuffle inexplicably leaves him with a ruptured Achilles tendon. The team's manager, Jimmy Lister, is convinced that someone is int...

Duffy is summoned to a country manor for his hairiest case yetVic Crowther's housekeeper found the body. Ricky bled out after crashing through the French windows of the manor's library. Crowther doesn't know who did this to Ricky, but he does know whom to blame. Duffy, the security consultant who installed the dodgy burglar alarm, will have to answer for this murder.When Duffy rushes out to the country to smooth things over, he finds more than one surprise. F...