Set in the grim, still-war-damaged South London borough of Battersea in 1962, a known gang of hard-core criminals plot the most audacious crime. The gang leaders, tough men John Russell and Daniel Geddes, have only one element missing, so they employ the services of the unknown young man, Billy Tumbler. But can Billy, mired in emotion and close to poverty, fulfill the work he has been engaged to perform? This is the author’s first novel, revealing a detailed exploration into the work of the criminal mind of the time, along with the attitude of the police trying desperately to understand how it could happen, while focusing on the lives of the characters, inextricably entwined with their hopes, loves and fears. Read the meticulously researched story and see how the greed of some draws in the innocent lives of others around them. Imagine the feel, the sounds and the smells of a huge swathe of working-class South London, populated by millions going through their dour daily routines, where the tourists never tread.
