In her latest novel, Martina tells the story of Nick Leary - devoted father, loyal friend and shrewd business - and what happens when a masked intruder breaks into his home...In her unique style, Martina Cole holds up a mirror to our society, writing about tough and often harrowing subjects in a brutally honest and compassionate way. Her characters are injected with sympathy and warmth and there is an honesty in her books that speaks to millions of people.
Martina Cole was born and brought up in Essex. She is the bestselling author of ten novels set in London's gangland, and her most recent two paperbacks have gone straight to No. 1 in the Sunday Times on first publication.
Title: The Graft
Author: Martina Cole
ISBN: 9780747269694
Binding:
Publisher: Headline Publishing Group
Publication Date: 2004-10-25
Number of Pages: 448
Weight: 0.8802 kg
'Her gripping plots pack a mean emotional punch, and this latest is no exception' Mail on Sunday, 17/10/04 - Mail on Sunday
'There's some fascinating vernacular. The author is taking the reader into Irvine Welsh territory and beyond'
Daily Telegraph, 4/12/04 - Daily Telegraph
'Martina Cole deals with a gritty contemporary subject in an intelligent and compassionte way that's bound to make you think'
Daily Express, 16/7/05 -
Daily Express'A touch of the Tony Martins as Cole thrashes out the repercussions with very little guile but all the usual gumption'
Mirror, 15/10/04 - Mirror