Dangerous Lady: A gritty thriller about the toughest woman in London's criminal underworld

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In the meantime, I'm looking in the cupboard at home because I fancy I put a really great story in there several years ago. Cole gets right into the heart of London West End, the gangs, the drugs, the family ties, the values. In addition, Two Women and The Graft have been adapted for the stage; both were highly acclaimed when performed at the Theatre Royal Stratford East, which also staged Dangerous Lady in 2012, celebrating twenty years since Martina's debut novel was published.

It highlights the fact that a young woman is definitely not to be underestimated, especially not one that is determined, confident, and strong willed.Synopsis: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 and she's determined that nothing will stand in her way. What Maura goes through in the beginning with her policeman boyfriend then realising that she wants the relationship to continue but he dumps her as she is a Ryan !

The moral of the story is even though you might be related there is always someone jealous and wants you to fail. I enjoyed the setting, the "rags to riches" narrative, the romance elements, and the focus on the dynamics of an entire family (the Ryans). It took me from thinking how awful the people were to feeling sorry for them because there was no other option in most cases other than to go into the family 'business'.I will read one of Cole's recent novels to see whether her youth when writing Dangerous Lady explains some of the weaknesses - I am just amazed (based on reading Dangerous Lady) how massively successful Cole's novels are.

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 —and she's determined that nothing will stand in her way. She won the British Book Award for Crime Thriller of the Year with The Take, which then went on to be a hit TV series for Sky 1. The police are determined to put Maura away once and for all - and not everyone in the family think that's such a bad idea. Our Adult Fiction Books, Range includes Classics Novels, Comic Books, Crime, Thriller, Mystery Novels, General Fiction, Horror, Romance, Science Fiction and War.

Most of her novels feature a female protagonist or antihero, and some take place within the Irish community in and around London.