The name's Danks - Dick Danks - and if you think my name is amusing then you and I have nothing more to say. A man's got no more control over what his parents name him than he does over the weather. Danks is a proud old name in Scotland or somewhere, and I have nothing to make excuses for. I'm a private eye. Most days, I sit like a spider in its web waiting for the phone to ring. I wait for someone to hire me to investigate something for them. It gives me lots of time to think. Mostly, I think about what a mess I've made of my life, how I'm going to pay the rent, and what's for lunch - not necessarily in that order.

Reviews:

• If you enjoy the detectives of old time radio you will love this book. The narration is great and you feel transported to a time before books were full of bad language and gore.

• Dick Danks, ex-cop, thrown of the force for unspecified corruption and now filling his time, when not at the bar, being a private eye, a somewhat unsuccessful one, too, where collecting a fee is concerned. And yes, he has a thing about his name - who wouldn't when he's heard as many jokes about it as he has?
  This is an book of seven deliciously wry and understated short stories, related by Danks, about individual cases. Although following a detective noire format, none of the cases described are normal - the book starts and concludes, for example, with deaths which occurred in teleportation development companies.All are easy listening and fun. But it is the character of Danks himself which shines through the dialogue and makes this book so enjoyable.
  This is greatly assisted by the admirable, lilting and lazy voice of the narrator, Scott Ellis, whose reading breathes life into the P.I. to give his cases authenticity even when imagination is stretched. Delicious.
  Overall, a great light read book, especially suited to listeners with limited time sessions as the separate stories can be completed reasonably quickly but still give a sense of satisfaction.

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