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by Martina Cole (Author)
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  • Hardcover: 480 pages
  • Publisher: Headline Book Publishing; First Edition First Printing. edition (27 Oct 2003)
  • Language English
  • ISBN-10: 074726967X
  • ISBN-13: 978-0747269670
  • Product Dimensions: 23.6 x 15.4 x 3.8 cm
  • Average Customer Review: 4.2 out of 5 stars See all reviews (34 customer reviews)
  • Amazon.co.uk Sales Rank: 116,812 in Books (See Bestsellers in Books)

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Joanie Brewer worries constantly about her children. Jon Jon is knee-deep in crime at 18 and 14-year-old Jeanette knows more than is good for her. But it is angelic 11-year-old Kira who really scares her, and when a child's body is found, Joanie's need for revenge threatens to destroy them all.

About the Author
Martina Cole was born and brought up in Essex. Her first novel, DANGEROUS LADY, became a highly successful TV drama series. Since then she has written nine bestsellers set in London's gangland, and her most recent two have been Sunday Times No. 1 bestsellers on first publication.
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16 of 16 people found the following review helpful:
5.0 out of 5 stars Vicious and violent as usual - lovely!, 19 Jul 2004
By A Common Reader "See all mybook reviews at ww... (Sussex, England) - See all my reviews
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This review is from: The Know (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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16 of 16 people found the following review helpful:
5.0 out of 5 stars Martina Cole - The Know, 17 Nov 2003
By Lisa Potter "Potter" (Kent United Kingdom) - See all my reviews
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I have read most of Martina Coles other books and this one was as good if not better than some of the others. The story line in places was sad and really made me appreciate my own childhood. It is sad to think this sort of thing goes on. I had problems putting the book down as it really gripped me. Another Fantastic read coutesy of Martina Cole.
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27 of 28 people found the following review helpful:
5.0 out of 5 stars Another Best Seller, 1 Nov 2003
By cheryl (Manchester, England) - See all my reviews
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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4.0 out of 5 stars My god......couldn't put it down
This was a simply stunning book with every character likeble, especially Joanie, who despite being a prostitute, u feel compassion for and admire her and the way she treats her... Read more
Published 4 months ago by D. Marcus

5.0 out of 5 stars The original and the best
Forget Faces. Forget The Business... in fact forget the drivel Martina Cole has produced in the last two years and read The Know. It is brilliant. Read more
Published 7 months ago by Andrea Smith

4.0 out of 5 stars Decent book but........
Shame about the spoilers at start of book! Tut tut!!! If i'd known i woudn't have read the PROLOGUE before chapter one. Read more
Published 14 months ago by Liverpool lass

5.0 out of 5 stars Simply stunning!
This was the first Martina Cole book which I read and it was absolutely fabulous. The way she described the characters, the emotive language, the harsh reality that is life, it... Read more
Published on 27 April 2007 by Anthony Horowitz

1.0 out of 5 stars The Know
This is the seventh Martina Cole book I have read. And I am very sorry to say it will be the last. They are getting all very same ish. Read more
Published on 1 Sep 2006 by Kathleen A. Reid

5.0 out of 5 stars Couldnt put it down.....
I read this after being given the book by my aunt. I am a big 'Lynda La Plante' fan, & thought that Martina Coles work sounded similar. Read more
Published on 29 May 2006 by Vicky Sollis

3.0 out of 5 stars Know good
My only previous experience of Martina Cole's work was Two Women, which covered the trials and tribulations of an East End woman and her associations with paedophilia,... Read more
Published on 8 April 2006 by OEJ

5.0 out of 5 stars A brilliant introduction to Martina Cole
This was my first introduction to Martina Cole and I'm so glad I took the recommendation from Amazon to buy it. Read more
Published on 3 April 2006 by O. Doyle

5.0 out of 5 stars another martina cole classic
martina cole does it every time, her writing is gritty, brilliant, emotional and real life all in one. i could not put this book down , again. Read more
Published on 2 April 2006 by Mrs. J. L. Davie

4.0 out of 5 stars Distinctive, gritty British thriller
The Know is a gangland thriller set in a sordid, crime-ridden East End of London with a very British set of villains. Read more
Published on 20 Mar 2006 by 100wordreviewer

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