Meet Napoleon "Nappy" Clancy — a down-on-his-luck Birmingham PI with a past in the force, an ex-wife in the States, and bills piling higher than his alimony. Alongside his reluctant sidekick, Barry Fanning, a no-nonsense ex-Garda from Dublin, Clancy's latest case promises quick cash and even quicker danger.

When glamorous blonde Clare Jameson hires them to find her missing boyfriend — nightclub manager Roger Diamond — the pair descend into Birmingham's murky underworld. The deeper they dig, the more dirt they uncover: strip clubs, gangsters, secrets, and a trail that leads straight to London and a dark secret buried in neon light.