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

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Vic is the proverbial invisible man, as he scuppers the Ryan family plans at every turn, but nobody can locate him when Maura Ryan wants to meet him. Maura's Game is an explosive novel of East End violence and corruption from one of the most original voices in fiction today. The ideology of not bringing business inside family was experimented deeper and clearer with beautiful vision.

This book is the sequel to "Dangerous Lady" and continued the story of Maura Ryan and her family who are one of the head crime families in London.Cole is brilliant at portraying the good among the bad, and vice versa, so until the very end we never quite know who to trust. Someone appears to be wanting to start a crime war with everyone thinking that the Ryan's are responsible. A number of her books have been made into tv movies and although she is very successful in Britain does deserve a wider readership abroad because her books are rather good. Even though I related to it will as a sequel it had room for scope as I have said before Martina is a little tame in her description of violence. Her unique, powerful storytelling is acclaimed for its hard-hitting, true-to-life style - there is no one like Martina Cole.

That said reading about Benny Ryan gluing people's eyes shut or stapling them was pretty awful, but not enough to give a book 1 star, if you can't handle a bit of swearing or violence then stick with kiddie books and leave Martina to the grown ups. I am reviewing the gangster thriller Maura's Game by Martina Cole which is a very good novel which I bought from a car boot sale. MAURA’S GAME is an explosive novel of East End violence and corruption from one of the most original voices in fiction. Voor de doorgewinterde fans van Martina Cole zal Grof spel echter wel een welkome aanvulling zijn op de collectie! But enemies from her past are closing in and they're about to learn that they should never cross Maura Ryan.Martina Cole's unique blend of emotional drama and shocking realism combine in this electrifying new best seller. Benny is an uncertified nutcase, who enjoys inflicting pain and death on those he perceives to be his enemies.

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. The author manages to give us enough background from the previous book to ensure that this can be read as a standalone. So, if you like to read about gangsters drinking cups of tea whilst 'getting things sorted,' then you should read Maura's Game. 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. It does not have a good aftertaste that is when you read the last page feeling that the book affected something personal about you.We realise that Maura had once been pregnant with Terry’s child but fearing what the neighbours would think, her mother forced her to have an unsafe abortion which left her unable to give birth again. bestseller Martina Cole which catapulted her to fame and made her the ‘undisputed queen of crime writing’ ( Guardian). There is also a fair amount of cockney slang which is fine if you understand it however the dictionary and Wikipedia don’t. We know you'll be hooked on Maura Ryan, so be sure to first read the gripping prequel to MAURA'S GAME, DANGEROUS LADY. None of the characters have any endearing qualities but as it is a tale of gangsters that is only to be expected.