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The Know [Hardcover]

Martina Cole (Author)
4.3 out of 5 stars  See all reviews (69 customer reviews)

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Book Description

Publication Date: Mar 2004
From the No. 1 bestselling author Martina Cole comes a heartbreaking story of obsession when being in the know can be deadly

Joanie Brewer's children meant the world to her. She'd do anything to protect them, even resorting to prostitution and petty crime in order to feed and clothe them. So when her beautiful teenage daughter is raped and murdered, only one thing will stop Joanie's pain - seeing her daughter's killer brought to justice. Joanie knows who he is and she'll do whatever it takes to nail him...
--This text refers to the Paperback edition.

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  • Hardcover
  • Publisher: ISIS Audio Books (Mar 2004)
  • Language: English
  • ISBN-10: 0753122979
  • ISBN-13: 978-0753122976
  • Average Customer Review: 4.3 out of 5 stars  See all reviews (69 customer reviews)
  • Amazon Bestsellers Rank: 5,354,203 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 the Paperback edition.

About the Author

Martina Cole is the No. 1 bestselling author of seventeen hugely successful novels. Her hard-hitting, uncompromising and haunting writing makes for an incredible read, and sales of her books now stand at over ten million copies. She is the person who dares to tell it like it really is. --This text refers to the Paperback edition.
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17 of 17 people found the following review helpful
5.0 out of 5 stars Vicious and violent as usual - lovely! 19 July 2004
By A Common Reader TOP 50 REVIEWER VINE™ VOICE
Format:Paperback
Reading this book is like watching a car-crash in slow motion. You can see the build-up to the dreadful things which are going to happen to the characters and you watch in fascination as your worst fears come to life. Martina Cole specialises in what might be described at brutal-realism. Her gang-land themes have the air of being written by someone who knows her topic inside-out, and she does not hesitate to give her readers inside-knowledge of every sort of vice and crime. Her characters are realistic and three-dimensional, and the law-abiding reader will wonder how people capable of such violent acts can at the same time exhibit loyalty and affection to each other and their family members. Martina Cole somehow enables the reader to feel sympathy for some of the more despicable of her characters, while at the same time feeling disgust at the things they do. Altogether a fast-paced read, scoring high points in the "unputdownable" category.
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30 of 31 people found the following review helpful
5.0 out of 5 stars Another Best Seller 1 Nov 2003
By cheryl
Format:Hardcover
Martina can never write fast enough for me i can't wait for her next book as soon as i have finished her latest i am waiting for the next one, So again she pulls no punches with this book its hard hitting and very very realistic to what is happening in the world today, based around the criminal underworld she writes so well about, this book once again like her others will take you into the seedy world of prostitution, murder, drugs and other things ... read it for yourself :.

It is a powerful emotional book showing the strongest kind of love there is, a mothers love for her children,and how she felt powerless when her daughter Kira went missing and how both her siblings felt when she went missing, there are some suprises along the way.

This book took me 36 hrs to read i couldn't put it down,{looks at the dishes piled by the sink} i am going to take it on holiday with me and read it again. but this time at a slower pace.
Read it and enjoy it its another fantastic Martina Cole

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10 of 10 people found the following review helpful
5.0 out of 5 stars A brilliantly realistic and shocking read 7 Jan 2005
By Jules
Format:Paperback
My first but definitely not last Martina Cole book.

A story of the seedy underbelly of today's society set on a run-down council estate. Miss Cole paints a picture of what's it's like to scrape out a living and the kind of society that some of the poorest people live in.

The main characters in this story - Joanie and her family eek out an illegitimate living with always the hope that it will lead to something better until the unthinkable happens.

Every families nightmare - the abduction of a child. Martina Cole tells a tale of hear-wrenching emotion, determination, vengeance and fear. The descriptions are graphic, she pulls no punches and it paints a picture of life today that is all too common. You desperately want things to work out OK for this family and the ending is brilliantly done but I won't spoil the plotline for you by giving anything else away.

I read this in just about 5 days. It's one of those books that you really can't put down. Normally somebody who has two books on the go at any one time, this one grabbed my attention and I'll definitely be reading more of Martina Coles books.

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2.0 out of 5 stars NOT FOR ME
The story began okay but seemed to drift in and out so much that i often wondered if i had missed a page or two. In fairness i gave up half way through...............
Published 2 days ago by Rumplestiltskin
5.0 out of 5 stars brilliant
Martina Cole is my favorite author - always gritty and always quite gruesome but if you like that kind of read then this is the one for you
Published 1 month ago by dawn guthrie
5.0 out of 5 stars Excellent read.
I LOVE everything Martins Cole writes, and have no difficulty reading and devouring every word. This book was no exception and a really good read.
Published 1 month ago by Raymond O'Neill
5.0 out of 5 stars Amazing!
What can I say? Other than Martina has impressed me yet again! Fantastic story, couldn't bear to put it down!
Published 1 month ago by Beetlejuice
3.0 out of 5 stars Average
Usually Martina Cole's books are excellent - this one is still readable but not as gripping as some of the others.
Published 2 months ago by goeash
5.0 out of 5 stars Brilliant . . . . .
Martina Cole does it again with yet another gripping novel. Thoroughly recommended if you are a fan, as I am, couldn't put it down.
Published 2 months ago by Sweetheart
5.0 out of 5 stars OMG this book was very hard to put down
From the moment i purchased this book i found it so hard to put down, really good descriptions and i wasn't left disappointed at the end....
Published 2 months ago by charlie suddell
5.0 out of 5 stars Amazing
This was my first Martina book and I could not put it down an amazing story that had me unable to even cook without it in my hands. Read more
Published 2 months ago by supersha
5.0 out of 5 stars Fantastic
fantastic read
Gritty, found it hard to put this one down another smash hit by martina cole,pulls on all your emotions.
Published 3 months ago by julie wicks
5.0 out of 5 stars Classic Martina cole
Brilliant book she writes so well loved it couldn't put it down would recommend to anyone who loves a bit of everything
Published 3 months ago by miss kj williams
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