Martina Cole

CRIMINALLY GOOD: THE NEW NOVEL FROM THE PHENOMENAL NO. 1 BESTSELLER. THE BEST THINGS IN LIFE ARE NEVER FREE. Cain Moran wanted Jenny Riley more than he had ever wanted anyone or anything before in his life. But loving Jenny Riley was the easy part; it was telling his wife he wanted a divorce that was going to be the killer...Jenny is not just any girl. She cares nothing for Cain's hard-man reputation - she just wants to be with him. But Cain is not a free man. And he's about to find out that when his wife Caroline said 'til death us do part, she meant it. When Cain is sentenced to life in prison it seems that Caroline might have got her wish. All Cain and Jenny know is that if their love can survive such separation, then one day they will have a chance at the Good Life together again. But there are greater trials ahead than either can foresee. They're about to learn the hardest lesson of all: LIVE THE GOOD LIFE. PAY THE PRICE.

Cynthia Tailor es una mujer envidiable para todo el mundo. Es atractiva y elegante. Tiene un devoto marido, una casa de ensueño y dos encantadores hijos. Sin embargo, se siente profundamente infeliz con su suerte. Siempre tuvo la ambicion de gozar del maximo de los placeres de la vida y se ha propuesto conseguirlo, cueste lo que cueste y caiga quien caiga, sin importarle como pueda afectarle a su entorno familiar. Pero las ambiciones pueden resultar peligrosas cuando estas se topan con la mafia y la policia, cuando el medio en el que se desarrollan es el de los bajos fondos sociales.

Chicas malas, de Martina Cole, autora de otras obras de narrativa policiaca como El jefe o Secretos de una asesina, es una novela con una narración cruda y dura en la que la autora recurre de nuevo a la detective Kate Burrows y al hampón Patrick Kelly, dos de sus personajes más cautivadores y conocidos para los que leyeron El asesino de mujeres. Con ellos y junto a la detective Annie Carr recorreremos las lúgubres calles y sobrecogedores ambientes del "London´s gangland". Un lugar donde la vida es dura, las lecciones son duras y las chicas son duras. Se asesina en la calle. Martina Cole es uno de los grandes fenómenos leterarios británicos de los últimos tiempos. Con más de diez millones de ejemplares vendidos en todo el mundo, sus novelas han sido traducidas a las principales lenguas y algunas se han convertido en series televisivas de éxito. Ha cosechado numerosos galardones entre los que cabe destacar el Premio al Mejor Libro Británico de Novela Negra por "The Take".Aparece el cuerpo sin vida de una prostituta, horriblemente mutilada y brutalmente violada. La inspectora Annie Carr nunca había visto nada igual, ni quiere volver a verlo. Para aclarar el caso recurre a su colega Kate Burrows, ya jubilada, una inspectora con una gran experiencia en asuntos turbios.Annie y Kate se proponen sacar de la calle al criminal y meterlo entre rejas, pero sea quien sea no será fácil. Cuando aparece el cuerpo de otra chica, aún más espantosamente desfigurada, queda claro para ambas que el asesino sólo acaba de empezar su danza macabra. Las inspectoras Carr y Burrows tendrán que usar toda su imaginación y tirar de todos sus recursos para cazar a un frío y cruel asesino en serie que no conoce límites ni comete errores, y que sabe moverse en un mundo tan sórdido como el de la prostitución, que mueve grandes sumas de dinero, pero que también se cobra de sus víctimas el precio más elevado."Leer una novela de Martina Cole es una experiencia física sorprendente. Cuando llevaba leídos unos cuantos capítulos tuve que cerrar el libro con el corazón sobresaltado y recuperar el aliento." The Times"Con todos los sellos de garantía favoritos: diálogos atrevidos, violencia chocante y una trama absorbente." Sunday Express"Un drama de una fuerza extraordinaria." Daily Mirror"Una lectura de una facilidad deslumbrante." Ray Winstone

Nacida y criada en un mundo moldeado por el peligro y la violencia, Sue Dalston parece salir del infierno familiar gracias a su sentido de superación y a su pasión por Barry. Pero Barry no es menos violento que el entorno que los rodea y en su hogar se repetirá lo que vivió en su infancia: malos tratos a la menor contrariedad y una hija amenazada de sufrir el mismo calvario que Sue vivió con su padre. Hasta que una noche, en un último acto de desesperación, Sue pierde los nervios y 152 golpes de martillo acaban con Barry… En la cárcel compartirá celda con la enigmática Matilda Enderby. Ambas tienen algo que ocultar en sus respectivos asesinatos, unos secretos no compartidos que entrelazarán sus destinos.

The most authentic novel of gangster family life ever written, from the No. 1 bestselling author. The Bailey brothers are gangsters determined to make their mark in the world. Peter and Daniel are chalk and cheese in many ways - Peter's calm exterior belies his ruthless nature, while Daniel's penchant for spectacular violence is legendary - but together they are unstoppable. From the late seventies they rule London's East End and, when their sons join the business, it seems that no one can touch the powerful Baileys. Although it's never easy at the top; there is always someone waiting to take you down - sometimes even those closest to you...Lena Bailey is determined to shield her youngest child Tania from the Life. But when a terrible tragedy occurs, Tania's eyes are opened to their world in a way that forces her to make an irrevocable choice that will determine her future. Martina Cole's gritty and gripping new novel is an unflinching portrait of a family torn apart by violence and betrayal, but ultimately bound by loyalty, by blood, and by a burning desire for revenge...It is a story of the Life, told as only Martina Cole can.

Detective and mystery stories. Gritty. Gripping. Unforgettable. Martina's back. Just before Danny Cadogan's fourteenth birthday, his father, Big Dan, leaves his wife and children to face the wrath of the men sent to collect his gambling debt. Determined to protect his mother, brother and sister, overnight Danny becomes set on making his way in a violent and dangerous world. He becomes a Face. Not just a Face, but the most feared Face in the Smoke. Out for all he can get. At any cost. Danny's ruthlessness doesn't stop at his front door. He rules his family with an iron will - and his fists. But if his wife, Mary breaks her silence, it could shake Danny's criminal empire; right to the very core. And for a Face at the top of his game, there's only one way to go. Down. Because, after all, debts can be paid without money. Set in the heart of London's criminal gangland.

Danny Boy Cadogan era ese tipo de persona que hacía que hasta el más duro de los delincuentes se pusiera nervioso y paranoico, especialmente si le decía que quería hablar con él de algún asunto. Danny tenia la habilidad de convertir el mas inocente comentario en una declaracion de guerra y la frase mas inocua en una amenaza real y terrorifica. De la noche a la mañana, Danny Cadogan, a sus catorce años, tiene que abrirse camino en un mundo violento y peligroso. Debe proteger a su madre y a sus hermanos, despues de que los haya abandonado su padre a las iras de los acreedores. Danny, en compañia de su inteligente amigo de infancia Michael Miles, se va a convertir con los años en uno de los mas temidos capos del Smoke que llegara a extender sus negocios de trafico de drogas y de armas hasta España. Sin embargo, el caracter despiadado de Danny no solo se impone en las calles londinenses, sino tambien en el hogar familiar, condenando a una vida torturada a su mujer, Mary, y a sus hijas. fija la atencion en la mujer inmersa en esos medios sordidos, maltratada tanto en el marco familiarcomo en el entorno agresivo.

A los amigos hay que tenerlos cerca; a los enemigos, muy cerca; y a la familia, aún más cerca. Lily Diamond, una joven que ha crecido en un medio difícil, se une a Patrick Brodie, un cabecilla del hampa local que lleva sus negocios con mano de hierro. Juntos formaran uno de los clanes mas poderosos de los ambientes turbios del cada vez mas mestizo East End londinense de los años setenta. Tienen cinco hijos, a los que pretenden dar todo lo que ellos no tuvieron, sin importarles la forma de conseguirlo. La vida parece sonreirles cuando Patrick es asesinado por una banda rival. Con todo perdido, desamparada en un mundo peligroso en el que no se puede confiar en nadie, Lily tendra que sacar adelante a su clan.Una lectura de extrema intensidad.The GuardianMartina Cole representa de alguna manera la venganza de los bajos fondos londinenses contra la City.L'ExpressDe origen irlandes y natural del East End, del que es una gran conocedora, Martina Cole es uno de los fenomenos literarios britanicos de los ultimos tiempos. Con un total de nueve millones de ejemplares vendidos, sus novelas han sido traducidas a las principales lenguas del mundo y algunas se han convertido en exitosas series de television en Gran Bretaña.A los amigos hay que tenerlos cerca; a los enemigos, muy cerca; y a la familia, aún más cerca. Lily Diamond, una joven que ha crecido en un medio difícil, se une a Patrick Brodie, un cabecilla del hampa local que lleva sus negocios con mano de hierro. Juntos formaran uno de los clanes mas poderosos de los ambientes turbios del cada vez mas mestizo East End londinense de los años setenta. Tienen cinco hijos, a los que pretenden dar todo lo que ellos no tuvieron, sin importarles la forma de conseguirlo. La vida parece sonreirles cuando Patrick es asesinado por una banda rival. Con todo perdido, desamparada en un mundo peligroso en el que no se puede confiar en nadie, Lily tendra que sacar adelante a su clan.Una lectura de extrema intensidad.The GuardianMartina Cole representa de alguna manera la venganza de los bajos fondos londinenses contra la City.L'ExpressDe origen irlandes y natural del East End, del que es una gran conocedora, Martina Cole es uno de los fenomenos literarios britanicos de los ultimos tiempos. Con un total de nueve millones de ejemplares vendidos, sus novelas han sido traducidas a las principales lenguas del mundo y algunas se han convertido en exitosas series de television en Gran Bretaña.

The twenty-second novel from Sunday Times No.1 bestseller, Martina Cole, author of DANGEROUS LADY, THE TAKE, THE GOOD LIFE and many more...Playing grown-ups, the future is theirs for the taking. Sharon Conway and Lenny Scott are childhood sweethearts. Everyone says they are too young, but nothing can keep them apart. Sharon doesn't question Lenny's business dealings and it isn't long before his reputation as a hard man destined for the top means they are living the good life with their sons. It leaves a stain on her heart for ever. But one night Lenny doesn't come home. It isn't the first time he has gone AWOL. But it is his last. He is found murdered - beaten to death in an act of brutality that shocks even the police. And Sharon never knows why. Old wounds will surface. Now, twenty years later, Sharon is about to find out the truth. Such a crime cannot go unpunished. Revenge is long overdue. The time has come to...GET EVEN

THE BEST THINGS IN LIFE ARE NEVER FREE. Cain Moran wanted Jenny Riley more than he had ever wanted anyone or anything before in his life. But loving Jenny Riley was the easy part; it was telling his wife he wanted a divorce that was going to be the killer...Jenny is not just any girl. She cares nothing for Cain's hard-man reputation - she just wants to be with him. But Cain is not a free man. And he's about to find out that when his wife Caroline said 'til death us do part, she meant it. When Cain is sentenced to life in prison it seems that Caroline might have got her wish. All Cain and Jenny know is that if their love can survive such separation, then one day they will have a chance at the Good Life together again. But there are greater trials ahead than either can foresee. They're about to learn the hardest lesson of all: LIVE THE GOOD LIFE. PAY THE PRICE.

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...

Looking back, Nick Leary couldn't say exactly what kept him awake that night. It might've been the oppressive heat, or the distant rumble of thunder. He'd had a lot on his mind; perhaps he'd been thinking about the 'respectable' Essex business that he ran, or about his two young sons sleeping in the room next door. Or was it simply the sound of his beautiful wife's steady breathing beside him...Whatever it was, he was awake when he heard someone's footsteps downstairs, and Nick's instinct was to fight. It had always been that way, to protect the things he treasured most: his family, his privacy, his reputation. He'd grafted for these things all his life and no one was going to jeopardise them now. Unless, of course, Nick's instinct is wrong, and what happens this time is the start of something even he cannot stop...

Freddie Jackson thinks he owns the underworld when he gets out of prison. He's done his time, made the right connections, and now he's ready to use them. His wife Jackie just wants her husband home, but she's forgotten the rows, the violence, and the girls Freddie can't leave alone. Bitter, resentful, and increasingly unstable, Jackie watches her life crumble while her little sister Maggie's star rises. In love with Freddie's cousin Jimmy, Maggie is determined not to end up like her sister. Families should stick together, but behind closed doors, jealousy and betrayal can fester until everyone's life is infected. And for the Jacksons, loyalty cannot win out. Because in their world you can trust no one. In their world everyone is on the take.

Devastatingly powerful and utterly unforgettable, THE FAMILY will hook you in from the very first page, and keep you there till the very last