Maura's Game: A gripping crime thriller of danger, determination and one unstoppable woman

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But then again that's what editors are for and I guess nobody messes with a Martina Cole manuscript, she's fabulous and I'm a huge fan.

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. 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. 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. There is also a fair amount of cockney slang which is fine if you understand it however the dictionary and Wikipedia don’t. It wasn't as good as Dangerous Lady which is the first Maura Ryan book and readers should read that book first before this one just for continuity and to understand the characters further than what is written about them in this book.The ideology of not bringing business inside family was experimented deeper and clearer with beautiful vision. A little disappointed though as throughout the book they were all amongst the agreement that Maura wanted out of the world and handing the reins over, yet the ending mentioned nothing of the sort and Maura still seems to be the one on top. She did look after her niece Carla and her nephew Joey very well and always stands up against Carla and her mother when they get homophobic about Joey. This book deals with a lot of issues from Cole’s signature style of tackling family dynamics in the criminal underworld as well as homophobia, racism and sexism. In "Maura´s Game," however, I did not feel that she did a particularly good job of fleshing out any of the characters.

Martina Cole's unique blend of emotional drama and shocking realism combine in this electrifying new best seller.In one of her interviews, Martine Cole said that she hated when readers complain of the excessive violence in her books. 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. Benny is an uncertified nutcase, who enjoys inflicting pain and death on those he perceives to be his enemies.

You get caught up in her family and their lives and it becomes personal, that you start routing for them, even though you know they are bad. Moreover, it does not have an engaging detective plot when the author gradually gives some hints as to "who's done all that", encouraging reader's interest. The Ryan family are being set up to take a big fall from underworld grace and their enemies are circling like sharks to come in for the kill (literally) when that happens.

The storytelling far outweighs the predictable text and if I had to make a negative comment I'd say she should cut out the repetition of the words 'and he knew it' or 'and they knew it' or 'they all knew it'. The thing with Martina Cole is, you know what your getting - gangsters, violence, swearing, predictable characters. bestseller Martina Cole which catapulted her to fame and made her the ‘undisputed queen of crime writing’ ( Guardian). We don’t share your credit card details with third-party sellers, and we don’t sell your information to others.