A blinding good read (Ray Winstone)Intensely readable (Guardian)The story will grip you from the first pages (Best)An extraordinarily powerful piece of family drama (Daily Mirror)No one writes about East End women and their vagaries like Martina Cole (Maxim Jakubowski, Murder One)A powerful novel that pulls no punches... Cole has an ear for the vernacular of the East End, as well as an ability to portray the viciousness of life at the edge (The Guide)Gritty novel from an author who knows intimately the world she writes about (Express)