for decades, it was believed that there were only 12 books in the hardman series, which ended with "the buy back blues". but a long-lost, unpublished hardman novel, "all kinds of ugly," was discovered by lee goldberg in late 2019 and will be released by brash books in february 2020. the book was written during the course of dennis' research for "mactaggart's war" and was originally entitled "hardman in london". in a pre-publication review, "publishers weekly" said that "all kinds of ugly" demonstrated that dennis' "strong prose and well-paced storytelling place him alongside the likes of george v. higgins and ross macdonald."