The Take – Martina Cole

Description

The Take by Martina Cole is a gritty, uncompromising crime thriller set in London’s criminal underworld. When Freddie Jackson is released from prison, he believes the city is his for the taking. But while he reconnects with dangerous old alliances, his wife Jackie struggles with the violence and betrayals that come with Freddie’s world. Meanwhile, her younger sister Maggie is determined to carve out a different life, one far from the destruction surrounding them.

As family loyalties unravel and ambition breeds treachery, The Take delivers a hard-hitting story of obsession, betrayal, and the dark price of power. It’s a raw, tense, and addictive read from the undisputed queen of British crime fiction.