Salford-based ex-rugby league player turned social worker Gus Keane is closing up his case files in preparation for retirement, but a bruising encounter with a client sets off a chain of events in which he finds his boss murdered. Now turning private eye to uncover the truth, as more murders occur Keane himself comes under suspicion in a thickening plot involving blackmail and a missing girl. When he closes in on the killer will Keane come out on top or fall victim to the murderer’s desperate moves?

Social worker turned Private Eye Gus Keane returns in this gripping murder mystery If something happens in Salford, Manchester, it is generally bad news and when two dead bodies turn up within a few hours of one another, it is no exception. With the local force stretched to the limits and firing blanks ex-rugby player Gus Keane is asked to step in to help find the culprits. What follows is an ever thickening plot as Keane gradually begins to unravel a mystery from Salford's shady past.

"Brilliant, kept me guessing. I couldn't put this murder mystery down!" Stephen Lawton "Interesting web of suspects and a cranky Private Investigator with an ironic sense of humour." Joan Sudcliffe Private investigator Gus Keane is back with a difficult new case to solve With his ex-wife appearing back on the scene and relations with his girlfriend Marti troubled, the murder of one of Gus Keane's colleagues comes at a really bad time. Yet when his friend Jimmy is accused of the murder, he really must step up to the plate. With his knowledge of the local area, and a healthy suspicion that nothing anyone says is true, private investigator Keane must find the killer before Jimmy is convicted. Ex rugby player turned social worker Gus Keane supplements his retirement fund with amateur detective work. And the crime-hit deprived areas of outer Manchester provide a fair amount of case work. This murder mystery can be enjoyed entirely on its own but be sure to Check out TACKLING DEATH, the first book in the PI Gus Keane series, and the second, DEAD CERTAINTY, both available on Kindle. If you like crime fiction with little or no graphic violence, a convincing plot and great characters FALLING FOUL is for you.