In Jonathan Gash's urban medical thriller, Dr Clare Burtonall is unwittingly pulled into Manchester's criminal underworld by her lover Bonn, and the Agency for which he works - as a gigolo . . .At the Palais Rocco Dr Clare Burtonall is taking dancing lessons with her lover Bonn, hired from the Pleases Escort Agency. The vibrant dancehall is a world away from the disused garage across town in which Terence Dulworth is facing a terrifying death.Or is it? For Dulworth, aka Dulsie, was a 'fixer' for important businessmen of the city, including Clare's ex-husband Clifford. A fact not lost on Detective Inspector Hassell, leading the murder investigation. Added to this Clare has recently set up a new medical practice unaware that her sponsor is the Pleases Agency. And it is certainly a dangerous time to be linked with them. For Dulsie's slaying and repeated death threats against Zen, one of Bonn's associates, have left the Agency on red alert. If Zen is also murdered, retribution will be swift . . .
- ISBN10 0333901053
- ISBN13 9780333901052
- Publish Date 23 June 2000
- Publish Status Out of Print
- Out of Print 14 June 2005
- Publish Country GB
- Publisher Pan Macmillan
- Imprint Macmillan
- Format Hardcover
- Pages 352
- Language English