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

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 as he investigates the disappearance of a teenage girl.

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 in the front seat!

Pike has to pick his way through a minefield of intrigue to reach a prodigal son, a university student implicated in the murder of a girl.

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

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

Employed to collect money owed for damage to a club, Pike gets involved in a complicated case of fraud.

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?

The search for a missing girl takes Pike to the Hebridean island of Falibost, where he encounters the army.

Pike is sought to help four bank robbers escape Glasgow, because one of them is his ex-wife.