This special omnibus edition collects the first three page-turning entries in the Rusty Macduff series of light-hearted hard-boiled detective thrillers, described by readers as "Chandler rewritten by Wodehouse" :
In THE GIRL FOR THE GOLD , Rusty is hired to deliver a missing girl’s ransom to her kidnappers in rural Sussex, but it is stolen from under his nose with 48 hours till the deadline. In THE MAN WITH NO FACE , an unrecognisable body turns up in a locked alleyway in a Surrey market town. Rusty has to find out who has actually been killed – before the killer can strike again. In THE ISLE OF VICE , Rusty has to pretend to be a gangster in order to face down the mob on behalf of a client on the idyllic Isle of Wight. ***This special edition also includes the Rusty mystery novella, THE FAST TRAIN TO THE GRAVE !***