The Fat Detective is the page-turning first installment in the Eugene Blake series of private detective mysteries. Eugene Blake's quit his job to become an old-fashioned private eye. The only problem is he has no idea what he's doing. His only qualification seems to be the classic 1940s raincoat he found in a London charity shop. When he meets the mysterious Melissa White she takes his breath away. Tasked with finding her missing husband, Eugene is drawn into the shadowy underworld of London and has to solve the dangerous puzzle of his very first case. Once he's been chased, punched and shot at, he wonders whether he should have stuck to his day job. If you like your novels hardboiled you will love this funny, thrilling and very British twist on the classic private detective genre. The Fat Detective is the first book in the Eugene Blake series by London novelist Christian Hayes. Join the 50,000 readers who have already discovered Eugene's mysteries.