Twelve thousand miles and 12 years later, Jack Bartholomew's real identity catches up with him. But echoes of the past turn to gunshots, and a trail that leads back home to England in the hunt for a killer.
When his brother and sister decide to fight their father's new will, Jack has to find a job. Fred needs a regular leg-man, so they strike up a partnership. Together they search for a missing vicar - uncovering an unholy alliance.
The follow up to Arthur Blair 's job application seems a straightforward task for the City Investigation Bureau. But Blair has knowledge that could topple a Far Eastern dictator, whose agents won't stop at murder to protect their leader's secret.
An ex-jazz pianist friend of Julie's and a mystery patient in a mental hospital, draw Jack and Fred into a vicious political intrigue that also involves the Bartholomew family.
All eyes are on the London Marathon, but young Ruby claims to have seen a man fall from a City building. Jack investigates and finds out some strange facts about a missing Essex commuter.
When a banquet waiter is accused of being the inside man in a City livery-hall robbery, Jack takes up his case. McBride is convinced he's guilty, and the accused man does not help much by his behaviour.
Is British TV chat-show host David Matthews covering up 'or his emigrant son who fled from Australia with his Young daughter? Jack's search for Jimmy Matthews takes a sinister turn when it leads to the surf beaches of Cornwall.
When a beautiful ex-ballerina hires Jack to catch a thief he discovers her loss is far more poignant than a stolen music-box.
An encounter with a frightened young Indian and the loan of a tenner involves Jack with a mysterious travel agency and the uncovering of an ugly racket.
Still barred from the boardroom, Jack is determined to prevent rash business dealing by his brother Philip. But someone is prepared to go to great lengths to stop Jack's interference.