Martina Cole

[scottishbookworm]

:typing: Here's a thread for all readers of the author to post and give their thoughts on their favourite writer :reading:

[Lilywhite]

I love Martina Cole. I have read all her books so far and I'm eagerly awaiting Close which has just come out.

[kitty]

I am reading my first Martina Cole book at the moment called The Graft. I am finding it okay, but there seems to be alot of swearing and its really putting me off. :shock: Im not normally bothered by swearing but this seems so uncalled for. Are all her books like that, or is this a one off?

[Lilywhite]

The Graft wasn't her best work. There is sometimes swearing and violence but that comes with underground London crime novels. Her earlier works are much better, one of my favourites being The Ladykiller.

[kitty]

Thanks Lilywhite, I will give The Ladykiller a go. My boyfriends mum loves them, I think thats why I was more shocked with all the swearing!
She is so prim and proper.

[madcow]

The Ladykiller was my first Martina Cole novel...I loved it and have been hooked since. I've read nearly all of hers now, some are better than others but I've enjoyed them all the same.

[scottishbookworm]

:typing: Anyone read her novel called "The Take?" :reading:

[Sugar]

I read one on holiday a couple of years back. It had a yellow cover. I thought it was ok, bit too gory for holiday reading. I knew I wouldn't reread it though, so I bookcrossing'ed it.

Have a copy of Two Women that my grandpa gave me some vouchers for (it was free with The Sun I think). It's on my TBR shelf, but one of the lower priority ones!

[kitty]

Im now on chapter 22 of The Graft and really enjoying it, it just picked up all of a sudden. :D Will def order some more of her books now!

[scottishbookworm]

I've never read any of her work!

my sister loves her work

[Lilywhite]

If you like The Graft, you will love her other stuff. I personally thought the Graft lacked what some of her other books had. Still a good story just not up to standards :)

[scottishbookworm]

I've not read any of her books yet but will get some

[kitty]

Did anybody get there free Martina Cole book yesterday? Think it was called The Faceless from the News Of The World. Does anybody know if its any good?

[Lilywhite]

I didn't know about this offer but I have read Faceless before. I can't quite remember what it was about yet but I think it was one of her better books :)

[madcow]

:hissyfit: i didn't know about it.


Synopsis
Eleven years ago Marie Carter was convicted of killing her two best friends. And she’s paid the price. Now she is being released from prison. It’s time to go home. But life has moved on, and Marie has nowhere to go. Her parents have disowned her; her friends have abandoned her; even her kids don’t want to know. But some people out there are watching her, following her every move – they know that Marie Carter wants retribution.

:doh: I'm sure i still have a copy in one of my boxes. :lol:

[Lilywhite]

You already have them all!!!

Now I remember this one, a great story if I remember rightly. Mind you, you can't go far wrong with Martina Cole if you like underground dark crime novels.

[madcow]

I don't have them all....:roll:
Think i'm missing the last one (or two at a push :tong: )

[kitty]

Thanks, you must have a big book shelve to fit them on, because her books are always really chunky! Im am looking foward to reading it.

[madcow]

Thanks, you must have a big book shelve to fit them on, because her books are always really chunky! Im am looking foward to reading it.

:lol: I wish.......nearly all my books are in boxes, cos' i got nowhere to put a book case or shelves! I'm waiting for one of the kids to leave home so i can convert their room into a mini library :tong:

[kitty]

That sounds like a wonderful idea. my brother is away at uni at the moment, so his room would be perfect!

[scottishbookworm]

Woolworths are Selling her novels for £3.99

[Lilywhite]

New novel Close is out 9 Oct.

It's a follow on from The Graft. Looks great.

[pontalba]

Woolworths are Selling her novels for £3.99
You guys have Woolworth's over there!? I wonder if it is the same one that used to be all over the place in the States? Here it was a sort of five and dime as we called it. Dry goods, a bit of everything. But no books that I remember...........and I'd remember! :)

[Michelle]

'Woolies' is a very useful shop.. reasonable prices, but decent quality. :)
http://www.woolworths.co.uk/

[pontalba]

Oh! Thanks for the link. The Woolworth's I remember was smaller scale than that, but it may have been the predesessor to it. They have all evolved more or less along the same track.
The products at for example Wal-Mart over here and K-Mart have substantially improved in the last 15 years or so.

http://www.walmart.com/

Same difference I expect. :)

[kitty]

Didnt know the new book was a follow up to The Graft! Carnt wait,:D ive got a £2.00 voucher for it. It was in the free book from the news of the world.

[kitty]

Just bought two of Martina's books today, one called The Runaway and the other is Maura's Game. The lady on the market stall told me to read The runaway first as Maura's game runs on from it, is this true?

Thanks!:)

[Lilywhite]

from what I remember it does. Great stories too. Hope you enjoy them.

[kitty]

Thanks for that Lilywhite, Im sure they will be great:readingtwo:

[Sugar]

The products at for example Wal-Mart over here and K-Mart have substantially improved in the last 15 years or so.

http://www.walmart.com/

Same difference I expect. :)

Wal-mart bought out our Asda last year, so I think we are merging more and more! (www.asda.com)

I think once I finish my Evanovich kick, I might have to rad that copy of Two Women that I got free in Woolies a couple of years ago!

[scottishbookworm]

I'm sure some of you are getting her latest title for their christmas?:readingtwo:

[kitty]

I carnt wait for her new book, just a shame it's hardback. I find hardbacks harder to read plus there more expensive. I have not read any reviews on it yet though.
I have just started reading The Jump today and its looking pretty good! :o

[kitty]

Does anybody know if it matters, if I read Broken before The ladykiller?

[Lilywhite]

from what i remember The Ladykiller is a stand alone book so it shouldn't matter.

hth

[kitty]

Thanks Lilywhite.

[Nici76]

I have read all of Martins Cole's books and think they are fantastic!

As she tends to publish her new books in the autumn, for the past couple of years my son has got me her new book for Christmas! Great! :D

[scottishbookworm]

Oh! Thanks for the link. The Woolworth's I remember was smaller scale than that, but it may have been the predesessor to it. They have all evolved more or less along the same track.
The products at for example Wal-Mart over here and K-Mart have substantially improved in the last 15 years or so.

http://www.walmart.com/

Same difference I expect. :)your welcome!:friends0:

[KAY]

you must put "two women" to the top of your pile it is amazing. It's one of my fAVOURITES,incredible twists and turns as always very high drama.

[mamatt5]

Hi Guys I am in a bind bought the book in a second hand bk shop and it is missing pgs 95-140 can anyone help me with this. Thanks in advance. :readingtwo::motz:

[mamatt5]

Oops forgot to say what book thats how much I am in a bind it is Martina Cole close

[Lilywhite]

Just browsing (honest) in Waterstones today and noticed Ms Cole has a new book out!

It's called The Business and in true Martina Cole style, it looks great.

Imelda Dooley is scared. Really scared. She's played hard and fast and now she's been caught. She's pregnant and now she's on her own. Her father, not a man to mess with, will see that somebody pays for this. And it's not going to be her. So Imelda Dooley tells a lie. A lie that literally causes murders. When Mary Dooley's husband is killed in the night's events, she knows she must graft to keep the family afloat. And graft she does, becoming a name in her own right. But she still has to watch her daughter's life spiral into a vicious, hate-fuelled cycle of drugs and prostitution. Caught up in the carnage that is Imelda's existence are Mary's adored grandchildren, Jordanna and Kenny. Pretty little Jordanna isn't yet three and she already knows far too much. All she can do is look after her baby brother, Kenny, and try not to draw unwanted attention to herself. Set in the East End of London from the tail-end of the seventies up until the present-day, THE BUSINESS is a tale of drugs, prostitution and a young girl's fight for survival -- against all the odds.

[Nici76]

Ooooohhhh that does sound good Kat! I think i'll wait until the paperback as hardbacks hurt my wrists! :blush:

[Lilywhite]

I thought that when I saw it.... I had to talk myself out of it (twice)

[madcow]

Another one for the Xmas wish list me thinks :)