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The Good Life
A powerful crime thriller about a deadly love
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THE GOOD LIFE: Martina Cole writes brilliantly about life on the Inside.
Martina Cole, No. 1 bestselling author and queen of crime drama, delivers a hard-hitting and uncompromising new thriller.
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Cain Moran wanted Jenny Riley more than he had ever wanted anyone or anything before in his life. But loving Jenny Riley was the easy part; it was telling his wife he wanted a divorce that was going to be the killer...
Jenny is not just any girl. She cares nothing for Cain's hard-man reputation - she just wants to be with him.
But Cain is not a free man. And he's about to find out that when his wife Caroline said 'til death us do part, she meant it.
When Cain is sentenced to life in prison it seems that Caroline might have got her wish. All Cain and Jenny know is that if their love can survive such separation, then one day they will have a chance at the The Good Life together again.
But there are greater trials ahead than either can foresee. They're about to learn the hardest lesson of all: LIVE THE GOOD LIFE. PAY THE PRICE.
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The Good Life by Martina Cole has received praise for its gripping and intensely readable narrative. Reviewers highlight the strong emotional impact of the story, noting its extraordinary power as a piece of family drama. Cole's gritty depiction of the crime world and her ability to create larger-than-life characters have been particularly commended.
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ISBN: 9781472200976
Publisher: Headline Publishing Group
Format: Paperback / softback
Date Published: 21 May 2015
Country: United Kingdom
Imprint: Headline Book Publishing
Audience: General / adult, Tertiary education, Professional and scholarly
DIMENSIONS
Spine width: 36.0mm
Width: 128.0mm
Height: 196.0mm
Weight: 360g
Pages: 528
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About the Author
Martina Cole is the acknowledged queen of crime drama with over twenty novels to her name, of which over a dozen have been No.1 bestsellers.
Several of Martina's novels have been adapted for the screen, including The Take and The Runaway which were shown on Sky 1 to remarkable reviews. In addition, Two Women and The Graft have been adapted for the stage; both were highly acclaimed when performed at the Theatre Royal Stratford East, which also staged Dangerous Lady in 2012, celebrating twenty years since Martina's debut novel was published.Martina Cole is a phenomenon. She continues to smash sales records with each of her books, which have sold thirteen million copies. In 2011 Martina surpassed the 50 million sales mark since records began and was the first British female novelist for adult audiences to achieve this - and she has spent more weeks in the No. 1 slot on the original fiction bestseller list than any other adult novelist. Her hard-hitting, uncompromising and haunting writing is in a genre all its own - no one writes like Martina.Also by Martina Cole
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