Jail Bird
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Publisher Description
Murder, loyalty and vengeance collide in Jessie Keane’s gritty fourth novel.
Blonde and beautiful Lily King is back on the scene - and not in a good way. Her family haven’t missed her. Her husband, London villain Leo King, certainly hasn’t, because he’s dead. Lily killed him and did time for it.
At least, that’s the story. Everyone believes it. But Lily knows it’s not true. She knows she was fitted up by someone close to her.
Now, she’s just hit thirty, she’s out, and she doesn’t do forgiveness.
But in her absence, things have moved on, the old order has changed, and now she’s ready to reclaim her position as head of the King family.
Fuelled by vengeance and power, Lily King is back.
London won’t know what hit it.
PUBLISHERS WEEKLY
When Lily King, who was convicted in a London courtroom of murdering her unfaithful gangster husband, Leo, gets out of prison after serving 12 years, she has her plate full in this underwhelming crime thriller from Keane (Scarlet Women). Besides trying to identify the real killer, Lily wants to reconnect with her two grown daughters, all the while staying out of the way of Leo's brother, Freddy, who has sworn to kill her. Lily is surprised to learn that Leo had multiple lovers, widening the field of suspects and disappointed that elder daughter Saz, who still blames Lily for Leo's death, isn't delighted to have her mother show up on her wedding day. Predictable plot developments, including a love affair and numerous brushes with death, fail to engage. Readers interested in a more convincing view of the contemporary London underworld featuring a strong female lead should seek out Roberta Kray's gangland novels (The Lost, etc.).
