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Martina's 17th novel is a guaranteed shocking, compelling and thrilling read!
When teenager Christine Booth meets Phillip Murphy, she knows he's her one chance to escape her controlling mother. Christine is soon enjoying the perks of being Philip Murphy's girl, and his family welcome her with open arms. But the Murphys are a dangerous crowd, and it's only a matter of time before Christine sees Phillip for what he really is - brutal, manipulative and utterly ruthless. Bound to the Murphy family by violence, addiction, murder and betrayal, Christine can't bear to watch her young sons follow in their father's amoral footsteps. But once you're one the family, it isn't easy to get out
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
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
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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