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Dangerous Lady: A gritty thriller about the toughest woman in London's criminal underworld

Martina Cole

7 Reviews

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London, Greater London, Fiction, Modern & contemporary fiction (post c 1945), Crime & mystery, Thriller / suspense

Martina's explosive first novel of corruption and violence.

No one thinks a seventeen-year-old girl can take on the hard men of London s gangland, but it s a mistake to underestimate Maura Ryan: she s tough, clever and beautiful - which makes her one very dangerous lady.

Together, she and her brother Michael are unbeatable but notoriety has its price. The police are determined to put away Maura once and for all - and not everyone in the family think that's such a bad idea. When it comes to the crunch, Maura has to face the pain of lost love in her past - and the dangerous lady discovers her heart is not make entirely of stone.

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Praise for Dangerous Lady: A gritty thriller about the toughest woman in London's criminal underworld

  • Cole is brilliant at portraying the good among the bad, and vice versa, so until the very end we never quite know who to trust. This is the very stuff that makes her so compelling - Daily Mirror

  • Right from the start [Cole] has enjoyed unqualified approval for her distinctive and powerfully written fiction - The Times

  • Intensely readable - Guardian

  • Martina Cole explores the shady criminal underworld, a setting she is fast making her own - Sunday Express

  • Utterly compelling - Mirror

  • The story will grip you from the first pages - Best

  • Gritty novel from an author who knows intimately the world she writes about - Express

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Martina Cole

Martina Cole's first novel Dangerous Lady caused a sensation when it was published, and launched one of the bestselling fiction writers of her generation.

Martina has since gone on to have seventeen No. 1 bestsellers. She won the British Book Award for Crime Thriller of the Year with The Take, which then went on to be a hit TV series for Sky 1.
Four of her novels have made it on the screen, with more in production, and three have been adapted as stage plays.
Her unique, powerful storytelling is acclaimed for its hard-hitting, true-to-life style - there is no one like Martina Cole.

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