PARTITION is looming in 1945 India and it is a dangerous and violent place.
A fateful meeting and illicit romance between Joe Benedict and his boss’s wife, Molly, starts an unstoppable sequence of events.
On their return to England, they unwittingly become the founders of one of the most ruthless criminal gangs in London.
Author Kim Dorton Broad, from Acton, tells of a savage and exciting journey filled with romance and thrills in her latest novel, The Bombay Boys.
Years later, London is ruled by violent gangs. Ambitious Nick Benedict and his best friend Subash, known as Basher, accidentally become involved with the dark side of Joe’s past.
This leads Nick to become embroiled with the Magellis, a major London crime family.
Eventually, battling for success against the Magellis, Krays and Richardsons, the Bombay Boys, (named for their Indian roots) fight to establish themselves in this violent world.
Kim’s family’s roots are in India. Her colourful career – from air stewardess to corporate HR – took her around the world. She now lives in Berkshire.
She explains: “Generations of my family, on both my mother’s and father’s side, lived in India and what became Pakistan during the British Raj, so I have always been fascinated by their lifestyle.
“We have seen much about the very wealthy in the Raj, but not so much about the normal working-class people who went out there, as train drivers and engineers for example.
“I am also extremely interested in the gangster scene in London, dominated by the Krays and the Richardsons, and loved researching this.
“Quite a lot of the story is true and is very loosely based on members of my family. They did come across penniless on the Empire Halladale, only to end up in a refugee camp in Scotland, eventually moving to Acton.”
RELEASE DATE: January 28. ISBN: 9781836285151 Price: £10.99
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