The Take

Telling it like it really is, Martina Cole's unique, honest and compassionate style shines through in her latest novel. After Six years in prison, Freddie Jackson thinks he is the Essex equivalent to the Godfather - he's done his time, made the right connections and now he's ready to use them. His wife Jackie just wants her husband home, but she's forgotten the rows, the violence and the girls Freddie can't leave alone. Bitter, resentful and increasingly unstable, Jackie watches her life crumble while her little sister Maggie's star rises. In love with Freddie's cousin Jimmy, Maggie is determined not to end up like her sister.