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The Business by Martina Cole

The Business by Martina Cole

      
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.Imelda Dooley is 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 and try not to draw attention to herself.

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recent publishing history

First Edition

Paperback

Oct-2008

Headline (UK)

ISBN: 0755328663

ISBN13: 9780755328666


Paperback

May-2009

Headline (UK)

ISBN: 0755328671

ISBN13: 9780755328673

First Edition

Hardcover

Oct-2008

Headline (UK)

ISBN: 0755328655

ISBN13: 9780755328659

eBook (Kindle)

Oct-2008

Headline

Audio Cassette

Feb-2009

ISIS Audio Books

ISBN: 0753139693

ISBN13: 9780753139691

 

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published

Oct-2008 (hardcover)

May-2009 (paperback)

genres

Suspense

sub-genres

Thriller