The Lighterman

London, 1964

Psychopathic gangster Ronnie Kray has a “List” of persons who have “taken liberties” and who are to be disposed of. And barrister Charles Holborne’s name is now at the top of the list.

“It is a great sadness that there can be no more Philip Marlowe adventures – but in Charles Holborne we have, to my mind, an equal to that iconic detective, that honourable and enigmatic outsider: in place of 30s and 40s LA we are transported to London in the Swinging Sixties…” Mark Mayes

“A totally absorbing courtroom drama set in London in the mid 1960’s when bribery and corruption were rife, and the Kray’s ruled. History is carefully woven into a skilled piece of rich dialogue which plays out not only within the Courtroom, but also in Charles Holborne’s private life too. Simon Michael is yet again found ‘guilty’ of writing another page turner.” bestselling author RC Bridgestock