Goodnight Vienna - Phil Andrews

England's soccer coach is under pressure to resign - their poor showing in the World Cup qualifiers is evoking such hostile press and angry fanmail that rookie PI Steve Strong is hired to protect him. England's prospects receive a further blow when a former key player is found dead and suicide is suspected. Then their goalkeeper goes into hiding. The trail leads him from the gambling casinos of London to deep beneath the streets of Vienna, where England's last crucial match is being played. If he takes his eye off the ball it will be Goodnight Vienna for the coach - and England's World Cup hopes.

Phil Andrews is an award-winning sports journalist, currently a freelance soccer writer for the Independent and Independent on Sunday. He spent his early years in a Yorkshire mining town and currently lives in Leeds. He has worked for the BBC, as a theatre, opera and film critic, and currently is in PR. He Has written two novels, OWN GOALS and GOODNIGHT VIENNA.