The heart-racing new gangland thriller from bestselling author Jacqui Rose. Perfect for fans of Kimberley Chambers' The Sting and Martina Cole.
THERE ARE SOME PEOPLE YOU SHOULD NEVER CROSS
In a life of crime, loyalty means everything - even if you don't always see eye to eye. But when Vaughn Sadler speaks up to get Franny Doyle sent down, he's broken every rule in the book to win checkmate.
AND OTHERS YOU SHOULDN'T UNDERESTIMATE...Holed up in prison, Franny has more than one score to settle - but she's starting with Vaughn. Because you don't grass on your own, no matter what. And though she may be behind bars, she will get revenge - whatever the cost.
Before, there was just bad blood running through her veins. But now, there is poison...***
[Alfie Jennings opened his eyes and groaned]***
(@AvonBooksUK, 20 February 2020, 400 pages, paperback, #ARC from @AvonBooksUK and voluntarily reviewed, #BlogTour 5 March)
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I rarely read gangland fiction but I've read a couple of the author's books before and really enjoyed them. Poison was no exception. This is a cracking read. Franny is a great character, a bad ass but she has a softer side as well. I plan to read the earlier book because I find her fascinating and want to find out more about her. Poison isn't just Franny's story of being stitched up. The book covers several arcs' including Shannon, a young mother junkie mother, struggling to find happiness when her sexually abusive uncle turns up and threatens the fragile life she's built. There's also Vaughn's story, Shannon's lover and the reason he's set Franny up and not forgetting Franny's lover Alfie caught in the middle of the whole mess. The book fairly rattled along and once I got started I found it hard to put down. Highly recommended.
