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Hit Girls: A violent, gritty, must-read gangland thriller (Gangland Girls Book 3)
Dreda Say Mitchell
Gangland, London, Greater London, Fiction, Crime & mystery, Thriller / suspense, Street crime / gun crime
Violent, gritty, gangland thriller set in the tough world of London's East End.
Two kids are murdered...
Their gangland family want revenge.
Two ten-year-old twin sisters are murdered outside their school. But they aren't just anyone's kids, they are gangster Stanley Lewis' daughters. When a rival gangster is arrested Stanley vows to take revenge. But his dad, feared villain Kenny Lewis, thinks there's more going on. So he contacts the one group of people who he trusts to help him find the truth...
Jackie, Anna, Roxy and Ollie. Four women with shady pasts who take the cases people don't take to the cops. They enter a world of easy sex and even easier violence where everyone, including the Lewis family, are hiding secrets. Then Jackie's son, a friend of the dead girls, disappears.
Praise for Hit Girls: A violent, gritty, must-read gangland thriller (Gangland Girls Book 3)
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The novel's complex plot shoots along at a terrific rate, gathering momentum. But what puts flesh on the bones and raises Mitchell's writing above the run of gangland thrillers is its psychological level . . . The end result is that the reader can enjoy colourful characterisation, along with the plot. - Independent
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Mitchell outguns Martina Cole for pure, shocking East End gangster grit. ***** - Mirror
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'Dreda Say Mitchell confirms her position as a hot new name in crime writing with this taut novel' - Elle on KILLER TUNE
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'Brilliant - a gripping roller-coaster for the reader' - Independent on KILLER TUNE
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'A great read written by a great girl' - Martina Cole on GANGSTER GIRL
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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 on GANGSTER GIRL
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'Such an enjoyable read.' - crimeandpublishing.com
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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
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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