Putting the Boot In (Duffy, Bk. 3)

Wickedly funny, this is the third novel in the elusive Dan Kavanagh's London-based crime series featuring private detective Duffy.

Things are hotting up in the Third Division and it seems someone's nobbling players. Following the loss of one of his best strikers, Jimmy Lister, former England player and now ineffectual club manager, calls on the expertise of Duffy.

Enter London's most unusual investigator. An ex-policeman with razor-sharp wit and an interminable sexual appetite, Duffy must investigate the murky world of lower-league football. He soon finds himself grappling with neo-Nazism and vicious sabotage - not to mention the niggling question of whether or not he really is too short to be a decent goalie.

As deceit and violence abound, Duffy's set for a difficult game. Warm up's over; it's kick-off time.