Dolly and the Bird of ParadiseAlso known as Tropical Issue The narrator is a Scots born flower child who has become a celebrity make up artist despite seemingly insurmountable handicaps. She becomes involved with Johnson Johnson in a sometimes deadly, sometimes hilarious, romp across the Atlantic Ocean and various Caribbean islands in pusuit of drug smugglers, who use murder and piracy to gain their ends

she is haunted by the unquiet spirit of Jupiter

or fabricating new identities for people who need their histories erased

His investigations lead him to the mysterious kidnapping of Oliver’s brother when they were children

Award-winning P

a test of bravery

And he points the finger at his sister-in-law

about a man whose dream begins in the danger and drudgery of the diamond pits and ends on the rich grasslands of Matabeleland

and drinking in its pubs and clubs

not least the possibility of the family estate ending up in the hands of his ghastly

she's also plunged headlong into the underworld of Glasgow's notorious Drag - the haunt of working girls

Worst of all is the sinister Squashy Hat

contending with studio moguls