When Michael Homes goes missing from a squad of Irish tattie-howkers working as sweated labour, Pike is commissioned to find him. A dangerous business when you are working for Philomena.

Pike becomes personally involved in the murder of a street pie-man when Sweet Sam is the only witness. But Sam has lost her memory, and Pike has to use his own methods to bring the murderer to book.

Pike has his hands full sorting out the hawks from the doves.

When is a suicide not a suicide? And how can a corpse cash a betting slip? Pike arranges a meeting with the 'body' to find the answers.

Pike becomes involved in drugs and murder when a body is found in a hearse. But on the front seat!

Pike has to pick his way through a minefield of intrigue to reach a prodigal son.

The Clearances seem to have come to Scotland again and Pike soon finds himself working on the side of the villains.

Pike finds himself a bad risk when he gets the credit for blackmailing an ex-employer.

A visit to the Death House turns a piece of debt collection into something quite different.

Pike finds that a motorway site can be pretty unhealthy, even if you're trying to pay a debt instead of collecting it.

Who is Pike really following? And come to that, who is really following Pike?

What's the army up to on the island of Folibost? Where's Deidre Tyler? And who is The Apricot?

Why is Pike helping four bank robbers escape from Glasgow? Is it because one of them is his ex-wife?