The Wheel Of Doll

Jonathan Ames, Pushkin Vertigo, £8.99

Dubbed by, Chris Brookmyre, “a stiff shot of timeless Hollywood noir, spiked with black humour”.

This sequel to A Man Named Doll finds the LAPD’s Happy Doll trying to be true to his moniker by practising Buddhism.

That is until a rich woman approaches him to track down her mother who just happens to be his ex and is now living rough.

Happy finds he’s been duped and is being hunted.