She's a brain surgeon, she's beautiful and she desperately wants Mister Rainbow to shed some light on her husband's past. But when he does, she wishes he hadn't. Because what Rainbow discovers is a handless hood – and an awful lot of murders.

Rainbow's a retro private eye who keeps himself to himself: lives (illegally) on a boat in Sydney Harbour, has no identity and frequents speakeasies. He's also got a Nemesis called Pandora ...

The Mister Rainbow series of novels is set in Australia; the first – The Case of The Hood with No Hands – around Sydney and in a NSW country town that's uncannily like one some readers might recognise.

'Mister rainbow is that rare creature – a PI with depth. Down at heel, shabby, inept – he's a born loser, at his best when the odds are stacked against him. Somehow, in a taut and tense contest, he wins.' Barry Oakley, writer and former literary editor of The Australian