Like a Bullet

Cordelia has been hired to track down a series of rare Commando novels by the blatantly pseudonymous Butch Raider. But Cordelia soon discovers that the series - and in particular the Commando Gold paperback - are all but impossible to track down. The books' creator - real name Monty Hanington, once a promising young poet and now an embittered drunk - proves easier to find. And when he reveals to Cordelia that all his stories came from a real ex-commando he'd met on a pub crawl, a man who was only too happy to provide authentic colour to Monty's stories for a pint or two, she realises the tales might just be a little too authentic.