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* Pre-order GUILTY, the brand new novel from Martina Cole. Coming October 2024. *

Success comes at a deadly price…


THE GRAFT by the ‘undisputed queen of crime writing’ (Guardian) and Sunday Times No.1 bestseller Martina Cole is an unflinching novel that exposes a world that many would rather ignore…

When Nick Leary hears the sound of an intruder’s footsteps downstairs one night, something inside him snaps. The thought of losing his beautiful wife and sons, their luxurious home and possessions, everything he’s grafted for, pushes him to attack.

But this single act sets in motion something way beyond Nick’s control.
He’s picked the wrong fight this time, and now it’s too late to go back…

For more novels that will take you deep into the dark and dangerous criminal underworld, check out Martina Cole’s THE BUSINESS, THE LIFE and REVENGE

Reviews

<i>Daily Mirror</i>
'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. This is the very stuff that makes her so compelling'
Maxim Jakubowski, Murder One
No one writes about East End women and their vagaries like Martina Cole
<i> Guide <i>
'A powerful novel that pulls no punches... Cole has an ear for the vernacular of the East End, as well as an ability to portray the viciousness of life at the edge' the Guide
<i>The Times</i>
'Right from the start [Cole] has enjoyed unqualified approval for her distinctive and powerfully written fiction'
<i>Guardian</i>
Intensely readable
<i> Sunday Express <i>
'Martina Cole explores the shady criminal underworld, a setting she is fast making her own'
<i> Mirror <i>
'Utterly compelling'
<i> Best <i>
'The story will grip you from the first pages'
<i> Express <i>
'Gritty novel from an author who knows intimately the world she writes about'