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She was born rich, in the back of her gran's barrel top wagon, and her family thrived until their firm crashed into bankruptcy and became poor. But found it a little confusing the way it melded from one character to another, when I thought I was reading about one character it had swapped to somebody else and that was a bit irritating. What a story this is to read, so fast pace and so full of history as we read Diamonds dynamic journey, it keeps you on the edge of your seat chapter after chapter, I loved it all. Back home in London, she reluctantly re-joins the Soho family ‘firm’ she’d once been glad to leave behind.
But can she escape the long arm of the law and the hangman’s noose, when the crimes of her past finally catch up with her? There is pain, love and hardship, life laid bare, it’s a real rip roaring piece of historical crime fiction. Diamond had no chance at a happy life from a very young age when her dad was brutally murdered and her vicious uncle moved into the family home, after escaping to her loving mothers place of birth , Paris, Diamond hopes she can start a new life but trouble just seems to follow her. and there uncle Vincent takes over and is a cruel and heartless man Diamond hates the Wolfe family and will take revenge. I absolutely enjoyed this so much, some right nasty horrible characters Uncle Victor what a vile man.
I have really enjoyed reading of Diamond and her life my only regret was the ending i hoped it would of been better. Back home in London, she reluctantly re-joins the Soho family 'firm' she'd once been glad to leave behind. Diamond flees to Paris and reinvents herself as Diamond Dupree doing whatever she has to do to survive however trouble seems to follow her. Diamond Butcher is a feisty female lead character who has to put up with abuse with her family in London and has to cope with a move to Paris where her life is far from easy. In my opinion this is the best book to date written by Jessie Keane and I really hope there is a sequel as I’d love to read more about Diamond.
Once we were rich (although I didn’t know it then, and it was all thanks to my Dad’s ingenuity) and then suddenly – pretty shockingly, really – we were poor (thanks to greedy people who exploited his kindness). Diamond felt like a sweeping story, taking in what felt like enough drama to cover several lifetimes.
It written a bit different to her other books but still the gritty, page turner that we have come to love. It’s been a while since I have read a Jessie Keane book and forgot how much I enjoyed her writing, although I found this one to be a bit different to her others I really enjoyed it.
What I love about them are her strong , gritty , no nonsense , direct , sometimes violent to reach the goal female characters , and she has created a crime queen in the character in Diamond. Eventually, after suffering the death of both parents, her brother Aiden and miscarrying her baby, Diamond's life starts on its upward spiral and it looks like her life is changing for a more settled future. Set at the beginning of the 20th century, Diamond Butcher has grown up with the constant backdrop of the feud between her family and the Wolfe family, a bitter tit for tat battle with shocking consequences. If I had one one small quibble in parts, this book jumps from one character to another within the same paragraph which made the read feel disjointed in parts. Diamond Butcher is the daughter of Warren and Frenchie Butcher, and big sister to Aiden and Owen, who was brain damaged at birth.The story starts with us meeting Diamond Butcher, who is raised by her loving mum and dad, along with her two brothers, during the early part of the last century. But then she meets Richard Beaumont, the youngest son of a wealthy aristocratic family, and sparks fly. Having grown tougher during her time in Paris, she soon becomes a force to be reckoned with, a feared and respected gangland queen. Thanks to Courtney at EdPr for the gorgeous gifted proof and finished copy 😍 in exchange for an Honest review. A fabulous protagonist in the guise of Diamond Butcher, who reinvents herself as Diamond Dupree, and set in London and Paris in the early twentieth century, covering the period before and after WW1.
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