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Gangster Girl: An unputdownable, gritty crime thriller (Gangland Girls Book 2)
Dreda Say Mitchell
Gangland, London, Greater London, Fiction, Crime & mystery, Thriller / suspense, Street crime / gun crime
Will appeal to fans of Martina Cole and ITV drama Bad Girls, which attracted eight million viewers per episode.
Daisy Sullivan s father was one of London s most infamous gangsters. Haunted by his violent death she vows to live a respectable life.
That is until the day her mum, who abandoned her when she was young and who she barely remembers, barges back into her life. It doesn t take Daisy long to realise that her mum is the Queen-pin of a prostitution ring with links to high society and the head of one of London s most feared underworld families the Kings. Soon she is drawn into their next criminal act a bank job. A job that turns out to be no ordinary robbery.
Soon she is running for her life and the only person she can trust is up and coming gangland bad boy, Ricky Smart.
Now she has to use every dirty trick her dad ever taught her to stay alive . . .
Praise for Gangster Girl: An unputdownable, gritty crime thriller (Gangland Girls Book 2)
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The action in this thriller comes as fast as bullets, and the tale takes several surprising turns. - Pride
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A great read written by a great girl - Martina Cole
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A fine piece of British crime fiction, with an underworld theme that's sure to appeal to readers of Roberta Kray. - Booklist
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A fine piece of British crime fiction, with an underworld theme that's sure to appeal to readers of Roberta Kray. - Booklist
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Running red hot in the London gangster stakes, Dreda Say Mitchell has come up with another East End sizzler . . . Dreda guns you down from the very start. - Northern Echo
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Dreda Say Mitchell confirms her position as a hot new name in crime writing with this taut novel. - Elle
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Awesome tale from a talented writer. - Sun
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A narrative drive that overcomes all disbelief, with a cliff-hanger at the end of every chapter and a vitality of language that leaps from every page. - Independent
Dreda Say Mitchell
Dreda Say Mitchell is the bestselling and critically acclaimed author of Spare Room, the Gangland Girls and Flesh and Blood series, as well as the DI Rio Wray thrillers Vendetta and Death Trap. Her debut was awarded the CWA's John Creasey Dagger and she chaired the Harrogate Crime Fiction Festival in 2011. Since her sixth book she has been co-writing with Tony Mason. She has been a frequent guest on television and radio including Question Time, BBC Breakfast, Newsnight, Victoria Derbyshire, The Stephen Nolan Show, Front Row, Woman's Hour and numerous others. She has also presented Radio 4's Open Book. Dreda was named one of Britain's 50 Remarkable Women by Lady Geek in association with Nokia. She was born and raised in the East End of London where she continues to live.
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