Blogs in October 2024

Nothing But The Truth 11th October 2024

Superintendent “Nipper” Read is that rarest of things: an honest Metropolitan police copper. His task force can bring down the Kray twins. The catch: Read needs barrister Charles Holborne to testify against them, while the Krays have evidence against...

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The Waxwork Corpse 10th October 2024

A deadly crime has been dragged to the surface… London, 1965 Charles Holborne, maverick barrister, will never fit in at the Bar; he is too working-class, too Jewish and too dangerous. But that makes him the perfect outsider to...

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Death, Adjourned 10th October 2024

London, 1969 With the Kray twins incarcerated for 30 years, ex-boxer, ex-criminal and now successful barrister Childs Holborne seems to have checkmated his childhood adversaries. But with thousands of EastEnders crammed into Dickensian slum housing, there are even more...

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The Final Shot 10th October 2024

They think it’s all over… London, 1966 It’s the eve of the World Cup Final and everyone in England holds their breath – everyone except the Kray twins. The kings of London’s gangland have their minds elsewhere, on the...

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Force of Evil 10th October 2024

On the face of it, representing a widow in an accidental death case should be routine. Sergeant Maynard, Royal Air Force policeman, died in a simple motorcycle accident. The problem is, Mrs Maynard insists her husband was murdered. Sceptical...

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