H: Brighton Rock (1938)
" Look at me. I’ve never changed. It’s like those sticks of rock: bite it all the way down, you’ll still read Brighton. That’s human nature." 31 chapters in seven parts [ wikipedia ] reviews w/spoilers: [ ModRev ] [ astrofella ] Whitsun 1938 = 05 June Charles 'Fred' Hale Kolley Kibber Pinkie Brown Ida Arnold Rose Snow's Spicer Colleoni Phil Corkery Cubitt Dallow Frank Judy Prewitt Kite Crab