{"product_id":"fall-guy-book-simon-michael-9780854957064","title":"The Fall Guy","description":"\u003cb\u003eCharles Holborne faces a new courtroom drama! Perfect for fans of John Grisham, Robert Bailey, Michael Connelly and Robert Dugoni.\u003c\/b\u003e \u003cp\u003e\u003c\/p\u003e\u003cb\u003e\u003ci\u003eCrime and corruption go hand in hand in 1960s London...\u003c\/i\u003e\u003c\/b\u003e \u003cp\u003e\u003c\/p\u003e\u003cb\u003eLondon, 1969\u003c\/b\u003e \u003cp\u003e\u003c\/p\u003eThe Beatles, the Rolling Stones, the Who ... Tin Pan Alley is the heart of London's music scene. \u003cp\u003e\u003c\/p\u003eIt is also the dark heart of a ruthless business tainted by sex, drugs and corruption. \u003cp\u003e\u003c\/p\u003eWhen a young fan is found dead from a heroin overdose at an American rock star's accommodation and the band's manager is charged with her murder, Charles Holborne, barrister, must defend him. \u003cp\u003e\u003c\/p\u003eBut Holborne is getting married in two weeks, and for some reason DS Sean Sloane, his best man, refuses to speak to him. \u003cp\u003e\u003c\/p\u003e\u003cb\u003e\u003ci\u003eHas Sloane been turned? What has a select group of corrupt Met officers known as 'the Team' to do with the case?\u003c\/i\u003e\u003c\/b\u003e \u003cp\u003e\u003c\/p\u003e\u003cb\u003eAnd is Holborne's client the unscrupulous venal businessman he is portrayed as or is he, perhaps, The Fall Guy?\u003c\/b\u003e \u003cp\u003e\u003c\/p\u003e\u003cb\u003eTHE FALL GUY is the tenth crime novel in an exciting historical series, the Charles Holborne Legal Thrillers - gritty, hard-boiled mysteries set in 1960s London.\u003c\/b\u003e \u003cp\u003e\u003c\/p\u003e\u003cb\u003e'an authentic legal thriller with a great background in that best of all musical times, the Sixties' \u003c\/b\u003e- \u003cb\u003eMartin Edwards, winner of the Crime Writers Association Diamond Dagger\u003c\/b\u003e \u003cp\u003e\u003c\/p\u003e'Simon Michael's Charles Holborne is \u003cb\u003eone of crime fiction's most compelling creations\u003c\/b\u003e. The courtroom scenes crackle with energy, but it's the \u003cb\u003edepth of character \u003c\/b\u003eand \u003cb\u003echilling plausibility\u003c\/b\u003e that makes \u003ci\u003eThe Fall Guy\u003c\/i\u003e unforgettable. \u003cb\u003eUnflinching and superbly written\u003c\/b\u003e.' - \u003cb\u003eAdam Croft, bestselling author of The Rutland Crime Series\u003c\/b\u003e \u003cp\u003e\u003c\/p\u003e\u003cb\u003eTHE CHARLES HOLBORNE LEGAL THRILLERS SERIES\u003c\/b\u003e\u003cbr\u003eBOOK ONE: The Brief\u003cbr\u003eBOOK TWO: An Honest Man\u003cbr\u003eBOOK THREE: The Lighterman\u003cbr\u003eBOOK FOUR: Corrupted\u003cbr\u003eBOOK FIVE: The Waxwork Corpse\u003cbr\u003eBOOK SIX: Force of Evil\u003cbr\u003eBOOK SEVEN: The Final Shot\u003cbr\u003eBOOK EIGHT: Nothing But The Truth\u003cbr\u003eBOOK NINE: Death, Adjourned\u003cbr\u003e\u003cb\u003eBOOK TEN: The Fall Guy\u003c\/b\u003e","brand":"WoB","offers":[{"title":"- \/ - \/ -","offer_id":51888971448593,"sku":null,"price":0.0,"currency_code":"USD","in_stock":true},{"title":"GB \/ VERY_GOOD \/ INTERNAL","offer_id":51888971514129,"sku":"GOR014447906","price":22.99,"currency_code":"USD","in_stock":true},{"title":"GB \/ LIKE_NEW \/ INTERNAL","offer_id":53154700329233,"sku":"GOR014783822","price":22.99,"currency_code":"USD","in_stock":true}],"thumbnail_url":"\/\/cdn.shopify.com\/s\/files\/1\/0784\/4072\/6801\/files\/9780854957064.jpg?v=1776160809","url":"https:\/\/www.worldofbooks.com\/products\/fall-guy-book-simon-michael-9780854957064","provider":"World of Books ","version":"1.0","type":"link"}