The Ryan family are being set up to take a big fall from underworld grace and their enemies are circling like sharks to come in for the kill (literally) when that happens.

I'd finished all the unread books I own and with the libraries shut I didn't have access to my usual source of reading materials.Eerste deel staat hier tussen aanhalingstekens omdat Martina Cole in eerste instantie niet van plan was om een vervolg te schrijven. Martina Cole has a way of grasping and keeping my attention from the very first chapter until the last. There were only two things I would have done differently but just the fact that a lot of the book seemed to go on too long prevents me from giving this book 5 stars as I feel it could have been better. Benny is an uncertified nutcase, who enjoys inflicting pain and death on those he perceives to be his enemies. It wasn't as good as Dangerous Lady which is the first Maura Ryan book and readers should read that book first before this one just for continuity and to understand the characters further than what is written about them in this book.

She is my eldest daughter's favourite author, and have always been told to read her when I've been looking for something new, but have refused for ages believing that I didn't like her. Even though I related to it will as a sequel it had room for scope as I have said before Martina is a little tame in her description of violence. When he is killed in a failed attempt to murder Maura she is thrust back into her role as the gang´s leader. You get caught up in her family and their lives and it becomes personal, that you start routing for them, even though you know they are bad.Maura Ryan was the queen of the criminal underworld when she pulled off the most audacious gold bullion robbery of all time. Worst martina Cole book I have read, too many characters which is confusing no depth to the story just a continuation of one. On one side she had a softer, kinder side but she was strong and tough when she needed to be and Lee certainly hadn’t married a doormat.

I have read one other book by this author and thought it was good, although her work is extremely gory.The storytelling far outweighs the predictable text and if I had to make a negative comment I'd say she should cut out the repetition of the words 'and he knew it' or 'and they knew it' or 'they all knew it'.