The Hanging Club

Tony Parsons puts youright therein every scene he writes. I love that kind of storytelling and Im aD.C. Max Wolfefan. James Patterson

A band of vigilante executioners roam London's hot summer nights, abducting evil men and hanging them by the neck until dead.

As the bodies pile up and riots explode across the sweltering city,DC Max Wolfehunts a gang of killers who many believe to be heroes.

And discovers that the lust for revenge starts very close to home ...

Praise forThe Hanging Club

This is Parsons best crime novelso far and underlines his exceptional talent (Daily Mail) "I've long been a fan of Tony Parson's writingThis is brilliant stuff" (Peter James)

"Spectacular! Tense and human, fast and authentic" (Lee Child)

Has all the ingredients and more: great plotting, great characters and at least twoeye-widening twistsI didn't see coming. (Sophie Hannah)

"If you havent already become a fan, the third outing for Max Wolfe isthe perfect introductionto the London underworld that Tony Parsons has so vividly createdWolfes cases couldnt feel moreof-the-minute" (GQ)

Agrippingpage-turning book that will demand your full attention (Irish Examiner)

Fast pacedand gripping (Best Special Series)

Parsons had megripped from the first chapter to the last sentence (Irish independent) A cleverly plotted page-turner, with touches of Cracker and Nordic Noir, all soaked in the atmosphere of Londons murky back-streets (CSMA Club Life magazine)

Praise for Tony Parsons

Its all asaddictiveas your favourite boxsetit contains more twists than a contortionist caught in a tornado (The Shortlist)

"Told with clarity and insight ...Confirms Parsons has earned a place at the very pinnacle of British crime writing" (Daily Mail)

Tensewith a dose of dry wit (The Daily Express)

Atautalways engaging thriller (The Sun)

I put my life on hold while I was reading becauseI couldn't tear myself away from the gripping story... It's complicated, brutal but Tony Parsons has managed to weave the brutality into a truly brilliant story (Bestselling Crime Thrillers)

It's a brilliant crime novel, a thrilling procedural. Max Wolfe is a wonderfully endearing character, smart and tough and vulnerable, and with Scout (and Stan too) Tony has created so much warmth and tenderness, in a world, a genre, so often devoid of it. His research is wide, deep, impeccable - from forensics to the psychology, procedure to protocol. And boy does he know how to createsuspense, and convincing plot lines,which snake and weave, and surprise right until the very end. This is a complex, shocking, very contemporary story, told with utter conviction and authority.I was hooked from page one.Crime writing has a brilliant new star (Henry Sutton)

Sometimes, rarely, you know from the first chapter or so of a novel thatyou're in the hands of a master story teller.In the case of Tony Parsonswe know this within the first few pages. A relentless plot, evocative prose and compelling (and wrenching) portraits of the characters, good and evil, conspire to make thisa must-read"(Jeffery Deaver)

Superbly crafted crimedrama that grips from start to finish (The Sunday Post)

Fast paced and gripping (The Scotsman)

[Tony Parsons'] writing pedigree is first class. It shows in thisterrific thriller, and Max Wolfe is a class act, a brilliant character that has to feature again ...Absolutely stunning! (Books Monthly)

Tony Parsons left school at sixteen and his first job in journalism was at theNew Musical Express. His first journalism after leaving theNMEwas when he was embedded with the Vice Squad at 27 Savile Row, West End Central. The roots of the DC Max Wolfe series started here.

Since then he has become an award-winning journalist and bestselling novelist whose books have been translated into more than forty languages.The Murder Bag, the first novel in the DC Max Wolfe series, went to number one on first publication in the UK. All of the DC Max Wolfe novels have beenSunday Timestop five bestsellers.

Tony lives in London with his wife, his daughter and their dog, Stan.