Gangster Girl
An unputdownable, gritty crime thriller (Gangland Girls Book 2)
Published on 5. August 2010
Book
Paperback/Softback
416 pages
978-0-340-99320-0 (ISBN)
Description
FROM THE BESTSELLING AND CRITICALLY-ACCLAIMED AUTHOR OF SPARE ROOM, GANGLAND GIRLS TRLIOGY and the FLESH AND BLOOD SERIES
Dreda Say Mitchell was awarded an MBE in Her Majesty The Queen's 2020 New Year's Honours List
'A gripping and thrilling read by a wonderful lady and fab author' Kimberley Chambers
Daisy Sullivan's father was one of London's most infamous gangsters. Haunted by his violent death, she vowed 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.
Daisy discovers her mum is the head of one of London's most feared underworld families - the Kings. She is drawn into their next criminal act - a bank job that turns out to be no ordinary robbery.
Soon she is running for her life. The only person she can trust is up-and-coming gangland bad boy, Ricky Smart.
And she'll have to use every dirty trick her dad ever taught her to stay alive . . .
Praise for Dreda Say Mitchell:
'As good as it gets' Lee Child
'Thrilling' Sunday Express Books of the Year
'Awesome tale from a talented writer' Sun
'Fast-paced and full of twists and turns.' Crime Scene Magazine
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Dreda Say Mitchell was awarded an MBE in Her Majesty The Queen's 2020 New Year's Honours List
'A gripping and thrilling read by a wonderful lady and fab author' Kimberley Chambers
Daisy Sullivan's father was one of London's most infamous gangsters. Haunted by his violent death, she vowed 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.
Daisy discovers her mum is the head of one of London's most feared underworld families - the Kings. She is drawn into their next criminal act - a bank job that turns out to be no ordinary robbery.
Soon she is running for her life. The only person she can trust is up-and-coming gangland bad boy, Ricky Smart.
And she'll have to use every dirty trick her dad ever taught her to stay alive . . .
Praise for Dreda Say Mitchell:
'As good as it gets' Lee Child
'Thrilling' Sunday Express Books of the Year
'Awesome tale from a talented writer' Sun
'Fast-paced and full of twists and turns.' Crime Scene Magazine
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GET THE NEXT BOOK IN THE GANGLAND GIRLS SERIES, HIT GIRLS, NOW!
Reviews / Votes
'The action in this thriller comes as fast as bullets, and the tale takes several surprising turns.' * <i>Pride</i> * '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.' * <i>Booklist</i> * 'Dreda Say Mitchell confirms her position as a hot new name in crime writing with this taut novel.' * <i>Elle</i> * 'Awesome tale from a talented writer.' * <i>Sun</i> * 'A 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.' * <i>Independent</i> * '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.' * <i>Northern Echo</i> * 'A fine entertainment.' * <i>Telegraph</i> * 'Mitchell outguns Martina Cole for pure, shocking East End gangster grit. *****' * <i>Mirror</i> on HIT GIRLS * 'A brutally realistic and dangerously addictive second novel by Eastender Dreda Say Mitchell. * <i>Lancashire Evening Post</i> *More details
Series
Language
English
Place of publication
United Kingdom
Publishing group
Hodder & Stoughton
Product notice
Paperback (UK-B)
Dimensions
Height: 196 mm
Width: 131 mm
Thickness: 29 mm
Weight
330 gr
ISBN-13
978-0-340-99320-0 (9780340993200)
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08/2010
Hodder & Stoughton Ltd
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Person
Dreda Say Mitchell is the bestselling and critically acclaimed author of Spare Room, the Gangland Girls and Flesh and Blood series, as well as the DI Rio Wray thrillers Vendetta and Death Trap. Her debut was awarded the CWA's John Creasey Dagger and she chaired the Harrogate Crime Fiction Festival in 2011. Since her sixth book she has been co-writing with Tony Mason. She has been a frequent guest on television and radio including Question Time, BBC Breakfast, Newsnight, Victoria Derbyshire, The Stephen Nolan Show, Front Row, Woman's Hour and numerous others. She has also presented Radio 4's Open Book. Dreda was named one of Britain's 50 Remarkable Women by Lady Geek in association with Nokia. She was born and raised in the East End of London where she continues to live.