Gangster Girl: Gangland Girls Book 2

Gangster Girl: Gangland Girls Book 2

by Dreda Say Mitchell (Author)

Synopsis

Daisy Sullivan's father was one of London's most infamous gangsters. Haunted by his violent death she vows to live a respectable life. That is until the day her mum, who abandoned her when she was young and who she barely remembers, barges back into her life. It doesn't take Daisy long to realise that her mum is the Queen-pin of a prostitution ring with links to high society and the head of one of London's most feared underworld families - the Kings. Soon she is drawn into their next criminal act - a bank job. A job that turns out to be no ordinary robbery. Soon she is running for her life and the only person she can trust is up and coming gangland bad boy, Ricky Smart. Now she has to use every dirty trick her dad ever taught her to stay alive ...

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More Information

Format: Hardcover
Pages: 416
Edition: First Edition
Publisher: Hodder & Stoughton
Published: 18 Mar 2010

ISBN 10: 0340993197
ISBN 13: 9780340993194

Media Reviews
'A great read written by a great girl' -- Martina Cole 'A fine piece of British crime fiction, with an underworld theme that's sure to appeal to readers of Roberta Kray.' -- Booklist 20110501 'Dreda Say Mitchell confirms her position as a hot new name in crime writing with this taut novel.' -- Elle 20110501 'Awesome tale from a talented writer.' -- Sun 20110501 'Running red hot in the London gangster stakes, Dreda Say Mitchell has come up with another East End sizzler ... Dreda guns you down from the very start.' -- Northern Echo 20110501 'A fine entertainment.' -- Telegraph 20110501 'A brutally realistic and dangerously addictive second novel by Eastender Dreda Say Mitchell. -- Lancashire Evening Post 20110501 'Brilliant - a gripping roller-coaster for the reader' -- Independent on Killer Tune 20110501 'Mitchell outguns Martina Cole for pure, shocking East End gangster grit. *****' -- Mirror on HIT GIRLS 20110311
Author Bio
Dreda Say Mitchell was born in London's East End in 1965. She has worked as an education consultant and a teacher in both primary and secondary schools. She has a degree in African history from the School of Oriental and African Studies, University of London and a MA in education studies. \n \nHer first novel, RUNNING HOT won the Crime Writers' Association's John Creasey Memorial Dagger Award for best first novel. She continues to live in east London with her partner, Tony.