Historical novel set around ENGLAND (Birmingham)
The Brief
Location(s): London
Genre(s): Crime, Thriller
Era(s): 1960s
Charles Holborne, ne Horowitz, is an East End boy with a past – an ex-boxer and ex-criminal – who becomes a West End boy when he qualifies as a barrister. Now he’s trapped between two worlds and fits in nowhere. Surrounded by gangsters like the Krays, Richardsons and Messina brothers all fighting for control of the drugs, porn and gambling in 1960s London, the corrupt Met Police and a biased judiciary, the victim of class and racial prejudice, he is framed for the murder of his wife. Can he maintain his moral course without being dragged back into the crime of his youth?
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