{"product_id":"waxwork-corpse-book-simon-michael-9781913335830","title":"The Waxwork Corpse","description":"\u003cb\u003eCharles Holborne is back - with his strangest case to date  Perfect for fans of John Grisham, Robert Bailey, Michael Connelly and Robert Dugoni. \u003c\/b\u003e\u003cp\u003e\u003c\/p\u003e\u003ci\u003eA deadly crime has been dragged to the surface...\u003c\/i\u003e \u003cp\u003e\u003c\/p\u003eLondon, 1965 \u003cp\u003e\u003c\/p\u003eCharles Holborne, maverick barrister, will never fit in at the Bar; he is too working-class, too Jewish and too dangerous. \u003cp\u003e\u003c\/p\u003eBut that makes him the perfect outsider to prosecute a shocking murder case which has already made its way to the press. By chance, a body was found, dumped in a lake. \u003cp\u003e\u003c\/p\u003eIt had clearly been there for some time, but the conditions in the water have meant that it was nearly perfectly preserved. \u003cp\u003e\u003c\/p\u003eThe police have managed to match this 'waxwork corpse' to a missing woman and if her husband - a senior judge - was the one who killed her, the scandal threatens to rock the British justice to its foundations. \u003cp\u003e\u003c\/p\u003eThe waxwork corpse is not the only thing to be raised from the past. The investigation also dredges up a violent mistake made by Charles in his youth which, if revealed, could put his own life at stake... \u003cp\u003e\u003c\/p\u003e\u003cb\u003eTHE WAXWORK CORPSE, based on a real Old Bailey case, is the fifth 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\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\u003e\u003cb\u003eBOOK FIVE: The Waxwork Corpse\u003c\/b\u003e\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\u003eBOOK TEN: The Fall Guy","brand":"WoB","offers":[{"title":"GB \/ VERY_GOOD \/ INTERNAL","offer_id":50234794279185,"sku":"GOR011159500","price":13.39,"currency_code":"USD","in_stock":true},{"title":"GB \/ LIKE_NEW \/ INTERNAL","offer_id":51850265886993,"sku":"GOR011047141","price":15.49,"currency_code":"USD","in_stock":false},{"title":"GB \/ GOOD \/ INTERNAL","offer_id":52667392753937,"sku":"GOR014578708","price":19.99,"currency_code":"USD","in_stock":false}],"thumbnail_url":"\/\/cdn.shopify.com\/s\/files\/1\/0784\/4072\/6801\/files\/1913335836.jpg?v=1751380751","url":"https:\/\/www.worldofbooks.com\/products\/waxwork-corpse-book-simon-michael-9781913335830","provider":"World of Books ","version":"1.0","type":"link"}