Hired by mobster Marie Andretti to ransack the office of morbidly obese local nightclub owner 'Swollen' Roland Smart, Paignton private investigator Joe Rey quickly finds himself plunged into a dangerous cat and mouse game - which leaves him fighting for his life. His quest for answers—and vengeance—sees him plunge headfirst into the queasy underbelly of the grubby little seaside town he calls home. Rey is a man with a dark past, and, it seems, very little future. Welcome to Paignton Noir.

A missing video. A dismembered girl. A deranged ex-con. And a disgraced private investigator. It's a dirty job, but someone's got to do it... 'Snuff Racket' is the pulse-pounding new thriller from the author of 'Skull Meat'. Still recuperating from his previous case, Paignton private eye Joe Rey is hired by a mysterious stranger to track down one of the few remaining copies of a notorious 1970s Giallo movie—only to find himself embroiled in an increasingly vicious running battle with a demented ex-convict. (Author's note: this book contains scenes and language that readers of a sensitive disposition may find disturbing.) 'Snuff Racket' is also available as part of the collection Meat Bubbles and Other Stories (published June 2018).

Still coming to terms with the traumatic events depicted in 'Snuff Racket', Paignton private investigator Joe Rey finds himself enlisted by hapless local cops Benson and Hedges to assist with a sting operation. Rey gets more than he bargained for, however, when he pursues a vicious sex criminal known as the Ladyscraper into a derelict tract of farmland. What he discovers shocks the whole town to its core, and Rey commits himself to unravelling a decades-old mystery involving a cabal of powerful men who want their queasy secrets to remain dead and buried. Welcome to the 'Spine Farm', the stomach-churning new thriller from the author of 'Skull Meat', 'Snuff Racket' and 'Slug Bait'. (Author's note: this book contains scenes and language that readers of a sensitive disposition may find disturbing.)

Fresh from his second stint in HMP Channings Wood, disgraced private investigator Joe Rey returns home to find out that his crumbling rooming house, the Black Regent, has been quietly acquired by Devon & Cornwall Constabulary and converted into a clandestine safe house to shelter witnesses to some of the Westcountry’s most horrific crimes. While he gathers his belongings—and enjoys one final drink in the TV lounge with decrepit elderly cops Benson and Hedges—a masked mob descend upon the building, in search of the sole occupant: a terrified woman, who is now ensconced in Rey’s former room. Fight or flight? What do you think? Welcome back to Paignton, Joe. There’s no place like home… (Author's note: this book contains scenes and language that readers of a sensitive disposition may find disturbing.)

A wrongfully discharged mental patient with an axe to grind. An elderly mob matriarch with a scorched earth revenge policy. An ageing meat tycoon with a trophy wife and a missing daughter. And a disgraced private investigator with blood on his hands. Everyone's a victimiser and everyone's a victim. Dead meat is the best they can aspire to. Welcome to the 'Slop Shop'. (Author's note: this book contains scenes and language that readers of a sensitive disposition may find disturbing.)

Still licking his wounds after the brutal events of 'Skull Meat', Paignton private investigator Joe Rey is reluctant to take on another case that could have violent repercussions. However, a lucrative pay-day from a soon-to-retire cop tests his resolve, and Rey quickly finds himself on the trail of a deranged plastic surgeon with a queasy line in body modification procedures. Over the course of a long, bloody summer, Rey tangles with rogue ex-cops, suburban hitmen, neo-Nazi scumbags and even Paignton’s richest man—a notorious hoarder of unknown horrors. It’s a dirty job, but someone’s got to do it…

"If I can't find her within seven days, she's probably dead." If you are desperate enough to hire Paignton private investigator Joe Rey, things have already gone from bad to worse – and a happy ending is highly unlikely. Hired to track down the missing teenage daughter of a demented local lounge singer, Rey’s investigation spirals bloodily out of control, and he finds himself surrounded by the ruined corpses of dead people traffickers. The police are determined to pin the murders on the hapless PI, but as his search unfolds it becomes apparent that the culprit may actually be a man he knows all too well… BONEYARD DOGS is the blistering sequel to the cult classic MEAT BUBBLES & OTHER STORIES.

“A smarter man than me once said that good investigative work is about asking the right questions. I find that the quality of my work generally depends on how fucking hard I hit people.” When Paignton private investigator Joe Rey finds himself enlisted by hapless local cops Benson and Hedges to help apprehend a vicious sex criminal known as the Ladyscraper, he ends up unearthing a grisly surprise in the midst of a derelict tract of farmland. What Rey discovers shocks the whole town to its core, and he sets out to unravel a decades-old mystery involving a cabal of powerful men who want their queasy secrets to remain dead and buried. He may be psychologically damaged by the things he has seen and done, but Rey finds himself a man in demand, and his case-load piles up—setting him on a violent collision course with dealers, delinquents, degenerates and the damned. Is Rey finally in hell, or is he just teetering on the brink? TEN PINTS OF BLOOD is the bone-crunching, booze-sloshing, gore-splattered new collection from the author of cult classics MEAT BUBBLES & OTHER STORIES and BONEYARD DOGS.