The city is London, and Tommy Akhtar is a cricket-fixated private eye with a murky new problem on his books--“Exoticmelody” is searching for her fellow hooker “Sexyruss-Jan,” last seen meeting a client in the West End The search rapidly becomes a murder investigation, and Tommy is caught in a mess of sex, drugs, scandal, and terrorism. Neate's style is gritty and witty, his characters salty and vivid. He creates a mesmerizing picture of a London that even the residents (thankfully) never see.