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When Lily Diamond escapes her life of poverty and parental neglect by marrying London gangster Patrick Brodie, she become acquainted with his world of crime, violence, and betrayal as she tries to raise her children with love.

Main Author: Cole, Martina.
Format: Books Print Book
Language: English
Published: New York : Grand Central Pub., 2008.
Edition: 1st Grand Central Pub. ed.
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Summary: When Lily Diamond escapes her life of poverty and parental neglect by marrying London gangster Patrick Brodie, she become acquainted with his world of crime, violence, and betrayal as she tries to raise her children with love.
Item Description: Originally published: London : Headline, 2006.
Physical Description: 500 p. ; 24 cm.
ISBN: 9780446179966
0446179965
Author Notes:

Martina Cole was born Eilidh Martina Cole, in March 1959 in Essex. She is a British crime writer and businesswoman. As of 2009 she has released seventeen novels about crime some of which examine London's gangster underworld. Most of her novels feature a female protagonist or antihero, and some take place within the Irish community in and around London. In 2010 the novel Two Women was adapted for the stage. This is the first time one of Martina Cole's novels has been adapted for the theatre. Cole's novel, The Faithless, was released in 2011 and it has already appeared on the Sunday Times Bestseller list. Four of her novels, Dangerous Lady, The Jump, The Take and The Runaway have been adapted into high-rating television dramas. She has achieved sales of over ten million in the UK alone, and her tenth novel, The Know, spent seven weeks on The Sunday Times's hardback bestsellers list.

(Bowker Author Biography)