Richard Diamond

Three tales combining the toxic mixture of blackmail and murder. Blackmail Is Ugly: Los Angeles 1948, Private Investigator Richard Diamond answers a plea from a damsel in distress who suspects that her handsome husband is the victim of a blackmailer. Dead Man's Shoes: Richard Diamond gets an unusual appeal from an old client asking him to impersonate an already dead man. Take Care Gorgeous: Inspector James Forsyth gets tangled in a web of blackmail and murder set against the tough backdrop of 1950's Belfast. He gets a call that soon leads him into a dangerous labyrinth of shifting identities and deadly extortion.