by Martina Cole · Headline · tapa dura · ISBN 9780755328659
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«The Business» is the suspense novel by Martina Cole, published by Headline in hardback (544 pages, in English).
Imelda Dooley, young and pregnant, tells a lie that triggers several murders. Her husband's death leads Mary Dooley to support the family, while her daughter sinks into drugs and prostitution; her grandchildren Jordanna and Kenny grow up trapped in that violence. Set in London's East End from the late seventies.
Published on 16 October 2008, it was longlisted for the Theakston Old Peculier Crime Novel of the Year in 2010.
Aimed at readers of crime and suspense fiction, with particular interest in family crime and the London East End.
Eilidh Martina Cole is a British crime writer. As of 2021 she has released twenty-six crime novels, most of which examine London's gangster underworld. 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 fourteen million in the UK alone and her tenth novel, The Know, spent seven weeks on The Sunday Times hardback best-sellers list.
