 It was published in the US under the title "Sucker Punch" by Houghton Mifflin Harcourt in 2009, and again by the same publisher in 2011.The book follows protagonist Cal Innes, a private investigator and former convict whose parole after being released from HM Prison Manchester is finished.He is employed as a caretaker of a boxing gym called the Lads' Club managed by Paulo Gray in Manchester.