Running the Gauntlet: A Novel

Set in bustling Victorian London, the story opens in the chambers of Moss and Moss, a firm renowned for defending the city’s most lucrative and dangerous clients. Senior partner Edward Moss is a razor‑sharp solicitor who handles thieves, forgers and even murderers, while his brother Marshall runs the social side, hosting actors, society ladies and sporting men in a sherry‑filled drawing‑room. Their world collides with the glittering parties of Regent’s Park and the smoky back‑rooms of the theatre, painting a vivid portrait of a city where law and vice walk hand in hand.

Witty dialogue introduces a cast of memorable figures—from the flamboyant “Alibi” Smee to the relentless Mr. Tocsin—each adding color to the firm’s tangled affairs. As Edward races from hansom to hansom to meet desperate clients, listeners are drawn into a high‑stakes dance of strategy, loyalty and moral compromise.