False nine

The beautiful game just got deadly. Scott Manson needs to leave London. His job managing London City football team is over, and it cuts deep to watch them play on without him. But changing your life isn't as simple as all that. When he takes up a new position in Shanghai, he gets caught up in an elaborate sting mounted by a rival team. And when he quits that for a job in Barcelona, it turns out his new employers only want him for his detective skills: their star player is missing, and they need to find him fast. As Scott tracks the player from Paris to Antigua, he uncovers corruption, kidnapping - and murder ..