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A gripping thriller of power and protection
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4.4 • 148 Ratings
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- £3.99
Publisher Description
* Don't miss NO REGRET, the brand new novel from Martina Cole. Coming October 2025. *
She'll do whatever it takes to keep them together...
Hard-hitting and uncompromising, CLOSE by the 'undisputed queen of crime writing' (Guardian) and Sunday Times No.1 bestseller Martina Cole tells the story of a woman determined to protect her family from an increasingly dangerous world...
Patrick Brodie knows exactly how far he's prepared to go to get what he wants. And he wants it all. Now. Before long, Patrick has become a legend in his own lifetime. Violently.
Lily Diamond is different from the kind of woman Patrick is normally attracted to. But together they are determined that their children will have everything they didn't. Until the unthinkable happens and Lily is left on her own to look after their family in a dangerous world. The Brodies must stay close to survive. But as everyone knows, your sins will find you out.
If you love powerful female characters, be sure to also read Martina Cole's GOODNIGHT LADY, THE KNOW and GET EVEN. These ladies are strong, resilient and vengeful...
PUBLISHERS WEEKLY
Sopranos fans will welcome British author Cole's U.S. debut, the U.K.'s #1 hardcover bestseller for 2006, which offers plenty of violence, sex, intrigue and skullduggery involving London's criminal Brodie family over several decades. In the 1960s, young Patrick Brodie cuts a path to the top by brashly brushing aside those running the city's East End clubs with their illegal liquor and prostitutes. Meanwhile, he marries a beautiful, abused factory girl, Lily Diamond, who soon bears him a brood. Pat provides brains and brawn, but Lily is the glue that holds the fractious family together as their fortunes rise and fall with increasing waves of violence. In the Brodies' world, the only law is corrupt, the only trust is in family (and that's not absolute) and the only certainty is death. Despite needless repetitions (Pat Brodie was "not a man to cross," "a man to respect," "a man only a fool would cross," etc.), this book should appeal to those who like their crime fiction raw.
Customer Reviews
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I find the book hard 2 get in to, but as I kept reading it it got better good read in the end, can't wait to start another martina cole book. 👍
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Not quite sure what has happened to Martina Coles writing compared to her older books; perhaps she is running out of ideas. Story was too long winded, didnt get to the point, hardly any twists and turns and everything was unveiled in what seemed to be a rushed last 50 pages. Have been disappointed with her last couple of books but keep giving them a chance as her older books are faultless!