Gunhill is a town that's going down the drain fast, and Inspector Jack Reid is desperate for help. He's struggling with an unsolved murder when Mick Faragher roars back into town. Reid needs trouble like he needs a hole in the head; two things you often get when Faragher's around. But Faragher also needs Reid's help, to reopen his beloved Copacabana Club. There's a deal to be done, on one no bodies. So, with a certifiable imagination and a lethal sense of humour as his weapons, Faragher sets about the politicians, priests and punks who get in his way.But will the deal hold when Liverpool's crime boss threatens his club? And with Reid racing to foil a terrorist plot, can he stay in control when the gloves come off and Mick Faragher decides to show just why he is a man you do not cross?