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Martina Cole
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6 Aug 2002
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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  • Paperback
  • Publisher: Headline (6 Aug 2002)
  • Language: English
  • ISBN-10: 0755323386
  • ISBN-13: 978-0755323388
  • Product Dimensions: 17.5 x 12.2 x 4.1 cm
  • Average Customer Review: 4.4 out of 5 stars  See all reviews (84 customer reviews)
  • Amazon Bestsellers Rank: 1,272,568 in Books (See Top 100 in Books)

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'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 ) --This text refers to an alternate Paperback edition.

About the Author

Martina Cole was born and brought up in Essex. She is the bestselling author of thirteen novels set in London's gangland, and her most recent three paperbacks, as well as her latest hardback, have gone straight to No. 1 in the Sunday Times on first publication. Total sales of Martina's novels stand at eight million copies.

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20 of 20 people found the following review helpful
3.0 out of 5 stars Saga of a criminal family 19 Dec 2004
Format:Paperback
Martina Cole attracts quite a lot of press coverage and her books rocket up the best-seller lists. This is her first published novel, establishing something of a pattern. She will revisit this format in later novels, and will bring the heroine (or is that villain) back in a subsequent book ("Maura's Game").

The story, essentially, follows the changing fortunes of the Ryan family, in particular their only daughter, Maura. When we first meet them, it's 1950, and the Ryan's occupy a cockroach infested slum in London's Notting Hill. Mother is about to give birth to yet another child, all her boys waiting outside the bedroom, her good-for-only-one-thing husband out boozing again. This time it's a girl ... and young Maura will grow up to be loved and spoiled by all her brothers.

She'll also grow up to witness her eldest brother, Michael, become king of London's underworld ... and to eclipse him by becoming its empress! In the process, we follow her trials and tribulations, pains and abuses, romance and loss.

Not a crime novel - and certainly not a whodunit - this is really a family saga, covering half a century of the Ryan siblings' rise through the criminal leagues. In places there are some keen observations of working class life, at times there are some dreadful clichés, cardboard characters, and some very obvious plot lines.

At times it's very obviously a first novel - Martina Cole has learned her craft well in the last dozen years or so and has tightened up her writing. The first half of the book is conveyed in a series of episodic snap-shots of the most significant events in Maura's life: once she begins to enter adulthood and assume a role in the family business, it becomes more focussed on her....

This is not, as I say, a crime novel, so don't buy it thinking you'll be trying to work out who the killer is, or whatever. This is a family saga, one which takes a walk on the darker side, and it's an enjoyable, undemanding read. Read more ›

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5 of 5 people found the following review helpful
3.0 out of 5 stars Not a whodunit, more of a family saga 4 Dec 2004
Format:Paperback
Martina Cole attracts quite a lot of press coverage and her books rocket up the best-seller lists. This is her first published novel, establishing something of a pattern. She will revisit this format in later novels, and will bring the heroine (or is that villain) back in a subsequent book ("Maura's Game").

The story, essentially, follows the changing fortunes of the Ryan family, in particular their only daughter, Maura. When we first meet them, it's 1950, and the Ryan's occupy a cockroach infested slum in London's Notting Hill. Mother is about to give birth to yet another child, all her boys waiting outside the bedroom, her good-for-only-one-thing husband out boozing again. This time it's a girl ... and young Maura will grow up to be loved and spoiled by all her brothers.

She'll also grow up to witness her eldest brother, Michael, become king of London's underworld ... and to eclipse him by becoming its empress! In the process, we follow her trials and tribulations, pains and abuses, romance and loss.

Not a crime novel - and certainly not a whodunit - this is really a family saga, covering half a century of the Ryan siblings' rise through the criminal leagues. In places there are some keen observations of working class life, at times there are some dreadful clichés, cardboard characters, and some very obvious plot lines.

At times it's very obviously a first novel - Martina Cole has learned her craft well in the last dozen years or so and has tightened up her writing. The first half of the book is conveyed in a series of episodic snap-shots of the most significant events in Maura's life: once she begins to enter adulthood and assume a role in the family business, it becomes more focussed on her....

This is not, as I say, a crime novel, so don't buy it thinking you'll be trying to work out who the killer is, or whatever. This is a family saga, one which takes a walk on the darker side, and it's an enjoyable, undemanding read. Read more ›

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4 of 4 people found the following review helpful
4.0 out of 5 stars Great characters in a murky world 23 April 2007
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Format:Paperback
The development of the characters in this book is wonderful. You know that they all have evil sides to them, but you still can't help liking them (well most of them anyway!)

I've heard stories about the real 60s gangland environment and it was interesting to read a fictional account of what went on and how it changed over the decades. The author very cleverly bought in references to the Krays and Richardsons and the IRA to make the story seem as real as possible.

The grubby descriptions of day to day life were very vivid, particularly when the family were children and struggling to survive. It should be remembered that a lot of people lived like this without all of the criminality.

This was the first Martina Cole book I had read, it won't change my world and isn't a "great" book but it was a book which I keep reading at every small opportunity and I thoroughly enjoyed. I will read more of her books.
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8 of 9 people found the following review helpful
5.0 out of 5 stars Great story from a great author. 16 July 2001
Format:Paperback
Not much I can add to what's already been written. Martina Cole is without doubt one of the best authors around. This was the second book of hers I'd read and it was every bit as good as Goodnight Lady, I've just started on The Ladykiller and that looks to be another winner. She writes epic tales with gritty realism and likeable characters. This one centres around Maura Ryan, the only daughter of a very large family living in West London. Maura suffers a terrible tragedy which makes her become cold and hard, although there's always still some of the warm innocent girl just under the surface. She joins her eldest brother, Michael, in his West End underworld activities and the two of them gradually take over the whole of London. Martina paints a picture of London where corruption is rife and the political undertones are scary but undoubtedly true.
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5.0 out of 5 stars Dangerous lady
Typical Martina Cole book, It was as good as I expected it too be .I would recommend it to anyone, AP.
Published 18 days ago by allan picton
5.0 out of 5 stars A real Essex girl
I have been a keen reader and promoter of Martina Cole, ever since I was given a copy of Ladykiller as a birthday present many years ago. Read more
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5.0 out of 5 stars Dangerous lady
Excellent book from start to finish, a really good twist and also very sad bits. After reading this I we ill find it really hard to find another book so good.
Published 1 month ago by charlie suddell
5.0 out of 5 stars Can't wait!
5star

A great read can't wait for follow up. Only hope for some happiness in the lives of character please.
Published 2 months ago by Lena McDermott
5.0 out of 5 stars Another great book
Another great read, I couldn't put it the book down. If truly kept you captivated all the way to the end.
Published 2 months ago by mrs k brennan
1.0 out of 5 stars Dangerous lady review
The book kept me spellbound until the end. I wanted to give five stars but it was technology that prevented me. Read more
Published 2 months ago by Pam Brittan
4.0 out of 5 stars Dangerous Lady
Thoroughly enjoyable read, as is its sequel Maura' s game. The characters seemed to spring into real life, and you felt like a part of the family.
Published 2 months ago by catherine perkinton
4.0 out of 5 stars Martina
I really like reading Martina's book having read quite a few I always look out for her
books as I get really engrossed and cannot put them down until I have finished it... Read more
Published 3 months ago by helen martin
5.0 out of 5 stars Good
I find Martina Cole's books most of the time well worth reading. This one is no exception. Would recommend it.
Published 3 months ago by goeash
5.0 out of 5 stars Love this book
I would recommend this book it's a gripping read and the characters you become to love even though they are criminals
Published 3 months ago by M PICKLES
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