# The French Vendetta: A holiday in Europe turns deadly... (Charles Holborne Legal Thrillers), Vol. 1

By **Simon Michael**

- ISBN-13: 9780854958832
- Publisher: Sapere Books
- Pages: 331
- Published: 15 May 2026
- Language: en
- Categories: Mystery, Thriller & Suspense, Crime, Thrillers & Suspense, Literature & Fiction, Genre Fiction, Historical, Jewish, World Literature, Legal

## About this book

A honeymoon turns into a nightmare for Charles Holborne! Perfect for fans of John Grisham, Robert Bailey, Michael Connelly and Robert Dugoni.Who will pay for the sins of the past…?France, 1969When a rare gap opens in barrister Charles Holborne’s court diary, he and Sally seize the chance for their long-postponed honeymoon.With baby Leia in tow, they seek peace in a friend’s farmhouse deep in the rural heart of Gascony — a picturesque land of vineyards, sleepy village squares and distant Pyrenean peaks.But Charles soon discovers that the village’s charm hides something much darker.Beneath the quiet seethes a poisonous web of old grudges and betrayals — a community still fighting the Second World War, where old crimes refuse to stay buried.Drawn into a simmering vendetta between those who collaborated with the Nazis and those who resisted, Charles has no choice but to defend a client in a place with no judge, no rules, and no law.With a firing squad waiting for the verdict, his defendant’s life is on the line…THE FRENCH VENDETTA is the eleventh crime novel in an exciting historical series, the Charles Holborne Legal Thrillers — gritty, hard-boiled mysteries set in 1960s London.‘A masterfully plotted blend of historical intrigue and legal thriller, drawing back the curtain on the day-to-day horrors of rural Vichy France. A wonderfully compelling historical mystery.’ — Vaseem KhanTHE CHARLES HOLBORNE LEGAL THRILLERS SERIESBOOK ONE: The BriefBOOK TWO: An Honest ManBOOK THREE: The LightermanBOOK FOUR: CorruptedBOOK FIVE: The Waxwork CorpseBOOK SIX: Force of EvilBOOK SEVEN: The Final ShotBOOK EIGHT: Nothing But The TruthBOOK NINE: Death, AdjournedBOOK TEN: The Fall GuyBOOK ELEVEN: The French Vendetta

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