Fans of TV shows such as The Saint, The Avengers, Hart to Hart, The Professionals and Quincy may recognise the author's name for as Ray Austin he directed episodes of those shows as well as many others in the USA and the UK. This is his first novel but his story-telling experience shows. An armored car is hijacked, seemingly out of thin air, and Virginia's Beauford Sloan, retired-cop-turned-private-detective, is hired to find out whodunit. Sloan, who closely resembles the actor Wilford Brimley, is a remarkably likable character. In fact, everything about the novel is remarkably likable; perhaps because he spent decades in the world of moving pictures, Austin knows how to create detailed characters, dialogue that is both memorable and realistic, and an exciting plot.