Revenge: A pacy crime thriller of violence and vengeance

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Martina Cole is a British crime writer and businesswoman who was born in Essex, England on March 30, 1959. As of 2015 she has released twenty two novels about crime, most of which examine London's gangster underworld. Get Even is no exeption.

I went off reading MC, But again found myself buying it after telling myself for the first few weeks I wasn't going to bother. In 2011 Cole founded her own record label, Hostage Music. The London-based band Alabama3 has signed up to the label. [12] Personal life [ edit ] Along with TV executive producer, Barry Ryan, Cole co-owns the film and television production company "2 Queens". [9] Theatre [ edit ] hm hm *clears throat* , i hope you are all ready for this review, because it’s going to be burning hot and flammable. i’m not here to talk about a book i love, for once, i’m here to talk about a book i hated. yes, you heard me, i hate this book. it even crossed the limit of “doesn’t like” , at this point, i just hate it, and i’m going to explain why right now. get some popcorns, some tea or whatever, and let’s go because it’s going to be long. I've seen a few complaints on foul language, but if you don't like that in a book, then these sort of books should not be what you are reading.

Martina Cole on violence in the criminal world

She married for the first time aged 16, but the marriage only lasted a year. She had her first child at the age of 18. [3] Her parents both died when she was in her early 20s. [1] Cole filmed an investigative documentary, Martina Cole Girl Gangs: Los Angeles for Sky1 in 2009. This focused on the role of girls in these gangs, which have been responsible for crimes ranging from drug dealing and car theft to robbery and murder. [10] Most of her novels feature a female protagonist or antihero, and some take place within the Irish community in and around London. [4] There's even a false statement made early on in the book where it sounds as if Sharon only discovered her dead husband's "secret" after he was dead. But, reading on, it turns out she knew well before but decided to live with it, presumably to continue enjoying the life of a mob wife in East London, with all the trappings.

The greatest sin this book commits is treating sexual activity between a minor and a 30-something adult as sexy. i was reading smut that should put me on a watch list and felt dirty as hell. Cole was born in Essex, England, to Irish Catholic parents, and was the youngest of five children. Her mother was a psychiatric nurse from Glasnevin, County Dublin and her father was a merchant seaman from Cork City. Her cousin is the Cork politician Denis Cregan. She was expelled from her convent school aged 15 after allegedly being caught reading a Harold Robbins novel. [1] [2] 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. Like many, many others, I have always been a huge fan of Martina Cole and I used to jump onto her new books as soon as they were released. But again, like many others, I have been left disappointed with her more recent work and I have to say that Get Even was no exception to that.This was still an ok read for me. If your a fan of Martina Cole as I always will be you will enjoy this. Sharon Conway and Lenny Scott are childhood sweethearts. Everyone says they are too young, but nothing can keep them apart. Lenny Scott is a handsome man, big strong and an up and coming face in the underworld. Sharon is everything Lenny could ever want, after meeting at school they are inseparable and when Sharon finds out she is having a baby, they can bring their plans forward to be a real family. Sharon does not question Lenny's business dealings and it is not long before his reputation as a hard man destined for the top means they are living the good life with their sons. to resume this book, you read 90% of the book and the protagonist never “gets even” and she does NOTHING, like, nothing AT ALL. and then the last 10% she wakes up and does what she has to do but it’s so… you feel like everything you read before the end is just some things to fill the storyboard, and she does it badly. i’m so angry because this book is really everything i hate, i feel like it’s written by an cheap erotic/romance writer who wanted to try doing a crime/mystery book. i don’t have anything about erotic and romantic novels, i like some of them, they can be really good even if i’m not the biggest fan, but i think you know what i want to point out here No Mercy is a standalone novel by Martina Cole. Diana Davis finds herself at the helm of the family enterprise after her husband’s passing, a man remembered as an infamous bank robber. Stepping into a realm dominated by men, she commands respect and instills fear—no one dares to underestimate her.

Just a sixth of the way through the book and bang. A twist, a surprise that hits you harder than a cosh over the head from an Essex wideboy. The plot zips along at a frenetic rate all with the typical Cole traits of torture and ultra-violence. That’s why we love her so. That’s not the last surprise either. This time it hits you like a bullet train where you are pinned to front and taken around the East London suburbs and Essex countryside. It’s time for revenge. Get Even. That said, this was still quite a good story with the right balance of good and bad, - and bloody evil. The narrative covers a wide spectrum of human emotions, including a very caring (dare I say loving) attitude within family life - to extreme violence within the criminal fraternity, demonstrated in particular by the main character in the plot.a b c Ross, Deborah (3 November 2011). "Martina Cole: 'I know I don't write literature' ". The Independent . Retrieved 5 November 2015. Pemberton, Max (27 October 2013). "Martina Cole's arthritis is the real crime". The Telegraph . Retrieved 5 November 2015.