The electrifying sequel to The Ladykiller by the No. 1 bestselling author Martina Cole. DI Kate Burrows thought she'd never face a killer like the Grantley Ripper again. But she was wrong. One by one, children are being abandoned. Thankfully, they're rescued from harm. Then one victim is not so lucky, and Kate knows she's in a race against time to save lives. As a parent herself, Kate's finding the case tough and she needs the support of her lover, Patrick Kelly, more than ever. But Patrick's got problems of his own...
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Leading an investigation into the neglect and abandonment of a number of young Grantley children throws DI Kate Burrows into contact with the most vile and repugnant of criminals. As a mother herself, Kate finds their crimes almost incomprehensible. And with the case becoming ever more sinister, she knows she needs to find answers quickly.
Emotionally drained by the rigours of the investigation, it's a real struggle for Kate to find the energy to deal with the complex problems unfolding in her domestic life. Despite assurances to the contrary it seems Patrick Kelly, hardman and love of DI Burrows' life, is still firmly entrenched in the East End underworld. When a body turns up in Patrick's seedy Soho club it seems he has finally got in over his head and the only person in a position to help him is Kate.
Set in familiar Cole territory of East End London, Broken is every bit as gritty and compelling as The Ladykiller. The story as it unfolds is gruesome, uncomfortable and peppered with violence but it is also carefully and thoroughly researched. Martina Cole knows what life in Grantley is and does not shy away from using the strong language of the street in addition to enough cockney rhyming slang to put any would-be pearly king to the test. A well-paced, gripping page-turner with strong, credible female characters, Broken definitely fits the unputdownable category. --Sarah Crawford --This text refers to an out of print or unavailable edition of this title.
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'Right from the start [Cole] has enjoyed unqualified approval for her distinctive and powerfully written fiction' -- The Times 'Intensely readable' -- Guardian 'Martina Cole explores the shady criminal underworld, a setting she is fast making her own' -- Sunday Express 'Utterly compelling' -- Mirror 'The story will grip you from the first pages' -- Best 'Gritty novel from an author who knows intimately the world she writes about' -- Express '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' -- Daily Mirror
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Exciting & Riveting!
April 12 2011
By D. Williamson
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Broken is a novel that I highly recommend for anyone who is riveted by spellbinding suspense and the underbelly of the criminal world in England. This is a second outing for Detective Inspector Kate Burrows and her lover, bad-boy Patrick Kelly. Their first encounter was in "Ladykiller". Great reads!
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Broken - Fantastic Read!
April 15 2011
By Diana Gallant
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Broken gives a shocking insight into the life of London's lower class citizens. The story is sad, realistic, believable and an entertaining read. Detective Inspector Kate Burrows is back in her second novel (first was Ladykiller - fantastic read!) and it is a winner! Children are being abducted and left for dead; this leaves DI Kate Burrows in a frantic search to catch the killer and save these defenseless children. The story is all about corruption and violence; could not put this down til I read the whole book.
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Contrived, banal and tedious, with woeful dialogue
Feb 1 2011
By Wombat
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Where to start? This has to be one of the worst reads I can recall. This book made me angry and frustrated as the storyline dodged all over the place, and characters came and went. What was the significance of the gay truck driver stopped in France with a dead child in the back of the truck? Where did that fit in to the rest of the jigsaw puzzle? The plot has more holes than a seive. It was a jigsaw puzzle with about a third of the pieces missing. The dialogue beats even the banal efforts of Stephen Leather, and that's saying something. Every character seemed to speak with an identical patois of the east end of London (even though the book was set in rural Essex), and thought bubbles accompanied their every utterance. Police investigative methodology was sloppily and inaccurately portrayed, police violence was condoned, and standard procedures ignored. Police integrity was displayed as an oxymoron in this novel. Murders (and there were quite a few), especially those separate to the main investigation into paedophilia and disappearing children, went uninvestigated, with suspects central to the story not even interviewed. What was the moral message of this book? Police integrity lines were often crossed, without consequence, and baddies got to live happily every after. Was there any editorial supervision before this work hit the presses? Evidence is sadly lacking. A complete waste of several days of my life.
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