The Hanging Club by Tony Parsons - DC Max Wolfe Series Book 3 - Fiction - Paperback

Condition: BRAND NEW. Format: Paperback. ISBN: 9780099591078. Publisher: Cornerstone (Arrow Books). Age Range: Adult (18+). Overview:. The Hanging Club is the gripping third instalment in Tony Parsons' Sunday Times no.1 bestselling DC Max Wolfe series. A band of vigilante executioners stalk London's sweltering streets, abducting notorious criminals and hanging them in public view. As the city teeters on riot, Detective Max Wolfe must untangle a case blurring justice and murder, testing his own moral compass. A tense, fast-paced procedural for fans of authentic British crime writing.. About the Book:. In The Hanging Club, Tony Parsons delivers a taut, socially charged thriller that plunges readers into a London on the brink. A masked gang of self-styled executioners begins abducting and publicly hanging men who escaped justice for horrific crimes, filming the killings and posting them online to a disturbingly supportive public. DC Max Wolfe of the Savile Row murder squad is assigned the case, and as the body count rises and copycat unrest spreads through the sweltering city, he finds the investigation edging uncomfortably close to home. Parsons balances brisk plotting with genuine emotional weight, exploring how far ordinary people might go when they believe the system has failed them. Wolfe is a compelling lead: a devoted single father whose personal code of honour is repeatedly tested by those he is sworn to bring to justice. The novel's London moves between the grit of the...