"My wife and I were watching a lot of programmes about serial killers so it affects you," Nick says."The place had no electricity and it was full of rats and rubbish. I don't think he was a killer but I'll never know. I didn't like the way he locked me in. You never know who you'll be working for until you get there."One of the most uncomfortable moments in Nick's career came when a young lad thought he was home alone.
"And it's really difficult to know what to do in that situation. Do you tell him you’re there or do you let him carry on and just keep yourself to yourself?" When it comes to common mistakes that lead to blockages, he says sanitary products are often unwisely flushed down the loo."That's when a kitchen sink goes straight out into a drain and there's loads of grease in it.In the book, Nick explains how he often gets a "flurry of activity" from clients for no apparent reason.
"After I finished the job, for about a week, I was inundated with lots of calls from the LGBTQ community," Nick recalls. "It was around 2005 or 2006 and I didn't know what Botox was at that time - I never heard of it," he says. "I had a team of guys working with me and we couldn't work out what was going on. These middle-aged women would turn up and disappear into this studio.
Surely Charlie Mullins is the worst discovery..