Channelling one of the great crime authors, Raymond Chandler, is Adrian McKinty with his newest title. Michael Forsythe, the star of his previous novels, is now one of the side characters, leaving the wonderfully named Killian to take the lead. As a strict enforcer of Irish law for those willing to pay him, Killian is on the wrong side of his savings account when the perfect job comes up, offering him half a million to find the ex-wife and daughters of airline boss Richard Coulter. It’s not so easy, of course, and Killian must leave Northern Ireland and traverse the globe to find them, without losing the deadpan humour that noir does so beautifully.