Muscle for Hire — Sean O'Neill

In a rollercoaster ride of plot and counter-plot, Tooley, a Scottish student on sabbatical, becomes entangled in the gangland underbelly of the Twin Cities, Minnesota. Murder, illegal dog-fighting, robbery, gang warfare and a suicide bomber conspire to sink him deeper into the mire of the criminal world. If only he can find a way of escaping without incurring the wrath of the rival mob bosses, the FBI and the police, and still manage to stay alive...