Gangster Girl: An unputdownable, gritty crime thriller (Gangland Girls Book 2)
By (Author) Dreda Say Mitchell
Hodder & Stoughton
Hodder Paperback
1st September 2010
5th August 2010
United Kingdom
General
Fiction
823.92
Paperback
416
Width 132mm, Height 197mm, Spine 27mm
328g
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 . . .The action in this thriller comes as fast as bullets, and the tale takes several surprising turns. - Pride
A great read written by a great girl - Martina ColeA fine piece of British crime fiction, with an underworld theme that's sure to appeal to readers of Roberta Kray. - BooklistA fine piece of British crime fiction, with an underworld theme that's sure to appeal to readers of Roberta Kray. - BooklistRunning 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 EchoDreda Say Mitchell confirms her position as a hot new name in crime writing with this taut novel. - ElleAwesome tale from a talented writer. - SunA narrative drive that overcomes all disbelief, with a cliff-hanger at the end of every chapter and a vitality of language that leaps from every page. - IndependentDreda 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.
Her 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.