I had forgotten many plot points, but the head in the wardrobe has definitely always stayed with me. This is the followup to dangerous lady, and your with Maura all the way, this is great page turner and each chapter makes you want some more.

Again, in "Ladykiller" Cole wrote in a strong narrative voice, so strong, in fact, that what is a long novel fairly flew by. I love Martina and am so happy I was introduced to these books about 10 years ago and now I don't have time to sit a read cause of my kids! Well, I persevered to around 250 pages and was about to dump it as I found it really boring, but then it picked up, so I continued. I've read many books by Martina Cole and despite falling in love with Cole's writing style, I soon realised that all of her books share a similar story and are all of the same genre. It could've been a whole lot shorter, though, and there are hundreds and thousands of cliches in Cole's prose and characters' dialogue.This was as always full of gritty and informative characters that kept me wanting to read more and could not put down. bestseller Martina Cole which catapulted her to fame and made her the 'undisputed queen of crime writing' (Guardian). The author manages to give us enough background from the previous book to ensure that this can be read as a standalone. I had previously read author Martina Cole´s excellent novel "Ladykiller" and decided to give "Maura´s Game" a try in hopes that it would rise to the same level. Dangerous Lady, the prequel to Maura's Game, is a story about a young girl and her family getting heavily involved in the business of London crime.

Available together for the first time, discover Cole’s classic heroine, Maura Ryan, in these bestselling novels. Even though I related to it will as a sequel it had room for scope as I have said before Martina is a little tame in her description of violence. She is my eldest daughter's favourite author, and have always been told to read her when I've been looking for something new, but have refused for ages believing that I didn't like her. I also found that this book was one of the more 'gruesome' reads of Martina's but to be honest that doesn't bother me. The 103 third parties who use cookies on this service do so for their purposes of displaying and measuring personalized ads, generating audience insights, and developing and improving products.Het knalt er wel in: als je bij pagina 17 bent, heb je naar je idee al een half boek uit, en nog wel een met een flinke verrassing. We don’t share your credit card details with third-party sellers, and we don’t sell your information to others. That said reading about Benny Ryan gluing people's eyes shut or stapling them was pretty awful, but not enough to give a book 1 star, if you can't handle a bit of swearing or violence then stick with kiddie books and leave Martina to the grown ups. Martina Cole has a way of grasping and keeping my attention from the very first chapter until the last.