Dangerous Lady: A gritty thriller about the toughest woman in London's criminal underworld

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The 'Family' as they are seem 'real' and you can think of yourself as being in the thick of all the incidents that occur. I did find many similarities in this novel to Betrayal with the character of Aiden being cut from the same cloth as Michael but in this novel I found it easier to sympathise with both Maura and Michael, though both characters are at times incredibly violent and terrifying their softer sides make them far more rounded and complex characters. She also interlays the profiteering of the 1980s that saw the ruling classes alongside the criminal classes make lots of money. We don’t share your credit card details with third-party sellers, and we don’t sell your information to others. Maura (Maws) and Michael (Mickey) are fabulous characters along with all the other Brothers, Mum and Dad etc.

As well as the fact women were expected to support their husbands no matter what they did and the attitudes to homosexuality in Michael’s relationships with men.Martina Cole’s extraordinary first novel DANGEROUS LADY introduced a totally original genre of thriller, paving the way for her multiple No. So I am writing this review in a notepad on the eve of my family trip to Great Yarmouth which I’m really excited about and I can hopefully share some pictures of it on my Instagram and Twitter pages over the next few days as the by the time I post this I will be back from my holiday – boo! This was another brilliant book from Martina Cole which had everything from a love story to sadness with rags to riches thrown in. I am looking forward to reading the sequel and I have also downloaded four other Cole novels which I cant wait to get started on! An ok read if you like MC, again very much like most of her other novels; the Irish Catholic IRA connection, the young man wanting to be a face, the sexual element and the strong female lead.

DANGEROUS LADY was adapted for television in 1995, starring Susan Lynch, Jason Isaacs and Owen Teale. Dangerous Lady absolutely zips along and the reader is drawn into a gripping crime story, a crime saga, dealing as it does with the Ryans, an East End criminal family, over a period of thirty years. Once you're hooked on Maura Ryan, be sure to read MAURA'S GAME , the second book from 'the undisputed queen of crime writing' ( Guardian ). I managed to read it all the way through but gradually becoming more and more amazed at it's popularity - characters ok, story aspects ranging from poor to ok, dialogue barely ok, For me two things make a book good - do I want to read to the end and does it make me think.The plot covers the exploits of the Ryan family up to the mid-1980s, culminating in the death of Michael Ryan and the arrest of Maura. No one thinks a seventeen-year-old girl can take on the hard men of London's gangland, but it's a mistake to underestimate Maura Ryan: she's tough, clever and beautiful —and she's determined that nothing will stand in her way. She is the bestselling author of fourteen novels set in London's gangland, and her most recent three paperbacks have gone straight to No.