Martina Cole's Dangerous Lady (Dangerous Lady - Martina Cole)

Member Name: Mrs-LT

Product:	Dangerous Lady - Martina Cole
Date:	25/01/09 (74 review reads)
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Advantages: Gritty, gripping, will have you glued to the edge of your seat

Disadvantages: Haven't got a bad word to say about it

Another one of Martina Cole's best offerings this a truly fantastic book. I believe it was her first book and she certainly entered the literary world with a real corker. It follows the life of Maura Ryan from her childhood to her rise to head of the powerful Ryan crime family with control of the London Underworld. The characters are real and believable and through the way Cole writes from a character's own perspective you feel yourself feeling empathy for even the most violent of Maura's brothers. It tells the story of love and betrayal, when Maura is abandoned by her boyfriend at 17 after he finds out who her brothers are, and her subsequent botched abortion which robs her of the ability to have children, thus pushing her into the family business of crime where she finds she excels. This is a gripping read - gritty, dark and graphic. Fantastic if you fancy something different to keep you entertained by the pool on holiday!

Summary: Buy it