Hymie Goldman and his loyal business partner Mike Murphy are private detectives and if you can find them and pay them actual money, they will try to convince you that they can help you – be warned.

This book collects their known adventures, featuring stories and characters so bizarre they could only be true.

Watch in amazement as they struggle to recover priceless artefacts, a stolen racehorse and save the world from total annihilation, while battling indifferent authorities and dangerous gangsters from every corner of the globe.

Laugh as they foolishly cling to the notion of true love. Gasp as the bullets fly and the bodies pile up. Cry as everything goes horribly wrong. Sigh as you close the book and say to yourself: “I couldn’t put it down it was stuck to my hand.”