The second of the "Factory" series of bleak, atmospheric and subversive crime novels. The nameless detective is still working in the Unexplained Deaths division of the Met, with no headline cases - just the sordid underbelly of London low-life.

The fifth of the "Factory" series of bleak, atmospheric and subversive crime novels. An alcoholic ex-colleague of the nameless detective is suspicious of a lodger at his Chalk Farm bedsit. In 18 months six well-heeled middle-aged women have regularly visited the lodger, and then disappeared.

One of the "Factory" series of bleak, atmospheric and subversive crime novels. Next door to the bloodied remains of London prostitute Dora Suarez lies the broken body of an 86-year-old widow, and a mile away the brains of a sleazy West End racketeer are found adorning the walls of his dining room.

As in the author's two previous novels, the narrator is an anonymous member of the Metropolitan Police. Giving an insider's viewpoint of the police force, this time the narrator is investigating the disappearance of a 'French-born Lady of the Manor' who his superiors are no longer interested in and have placed in the 'Unexplained Deaths' file.

An anthology of stories The city is at the centre of all good crime writing: Los Angeles has Raymond Chandler, Chicago has Sara Paretsky and Mexico City has Paco Taibo. London has the contributors to London Noir who explore the dark underbelly of London and celebrate the triple by-passed heart of England's capital city. They reveal London to be a city of mayhem and depravity not to be recommended to tourists from Miami!