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Never Go Back

an utterly gripping gangland crime thriller from the bestselling author for 2023

By: Jessie Keane

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Never Go Back

an utterly gripping gangland crime thriller from the bestselling author for 2023

By: Jessie Keane

THE CARTER WOMEN DON'T FOLLOW THE RULES: THEY MAKE THEM. The brilliant new gangland thriller from the Sunday Times bestselling author of DIAMOND. Gangster Max Carter and his ex-wife Annie Carter are leading separate lives in separate countries: past hurts and broken promises cannot be resolved. But then a summons to Majorca and a tragic death makes Max question all that has happened to him over many years. He had two brothers - both are now dead. His closest friend has been found hanging from a London bridge. As the police wrestle with a seemingly unsolvable case, Max is forced to revisit his painful past to find answers to a mystery that seems to make no sense at all. Who is targeting his family and why? Annie Carter is at a crossroads in life. She has a luxurious lifestyle but no one to share it with, and Max clearly thinks she is in danger too. Her daughter, Layla, has left her mafia lover Alberto Barolli and is back in London, stumbling into the police investigation and making waves. You should never go back, so the old saying goes. But then, the Carter women don't follow the rules, they make them. And when the truth of what's been happening is finally revealed, will the Carter family stand together - or will it finish them for good? 'We love a gangland thriller - and no one writes them better than Jessie Keane' CLOSER 'If you enjoy gangster flicks such as Legend you'll love Never Go Back' YOURS * PRE-ORDER JESSIE'S NEXT NOVEL, DEAD HEAT, NOW! *

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The Make

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The Make

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Murder, loyalty and vengeance collide in Jessie Keane’s gritty fourth novel.

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Dangerous

The Addictive Bestseller from the Queen of Gangland Fiction

By: Jessie Keane

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Dangerous

The Addictive Bestseller from the Queen of Gangland Fiction

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Dangerous by Jessie Keane is a deadly story of London's criminal underworld, from the bestselling author of Nameless and the Annie Carter series. Whatever the cost, she would pay it . . . Fifteen-year-old Clara Dolan's world is blown apart following the death of her mother. Battling to keep what remains of her family together, Clara vows to protect her younger siblings, Bernadette and Henry, from danger, whatever the cost. With the arrival of the swinging Sixties, Clara finds herself swept up in London's dark underworld where the glamour of Soho's dazzling nightclubs sits in stark contrast to the terrifying gangland violence that threatens the new life she has worked so hard to build. Sinking further into an existence defined by murder and betrayal, Clara soon realizes that success often comes at a very high price . . .

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1447254279

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Nameless

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Nameless

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Nameless is a gripping underworld thriller by bestselling author Jessie Keane. She never forgot, and she'll never forgive . . . In 1941, mixed race Ruby Darke is born into a family that seem to hate her, but why? While her two brothers dive into a life of gangland violence, Ruby has to work in their family store. As she blossoms into a beautiful young woman she crosses paths with aristocrat Cornelius Bray, a chance meeting that will change her life forever. When she finds herself pregnant, and then has twins, she is forced to give her children away. At that point she vows never to trust another man again. As the years pass, Ruby never forgets her babies, and as the family store turns into a retail empire, Ruby wants her children back. But secrets were whispered and bargains made, and if Ruby wants to stay alive she needs to forget the past, or the past will come back and kill her. Nameless is followed by the thrilling sequel, Lawless.

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0230765092

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Jail Bird

By: Jessie Keane

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Jail Bird

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Murder, loyalty and vengeance collide in Jessie Keane’s gritty fourth novel.

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Playing Dead

By: Jessie Keane

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Playing Dead

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Annie Carter is back... She was a madam in a brothel and a gangster’s moll, but now her protection is gone and her enemies are closing in.

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The Knock

An explosive gangland thriller from the top ten bestseller Jessie Keane

By: Jessie Keane

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The Knock

An explosive gangland thriller from the top ten bestseller Jessie Keane

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A young woman finds herself on the wrong side of the law in The Knock, a gripping gangland thriller from top ten bestselling author Jessie Keane. Dora O’Brien had a good start in life, but things went bad when she began to mix with the wrong company. Pregnant by her gangster lover, she found herself on the streets and then in the grips of a bent copper called Donny Maguire. When her daughter Angel is born, Dora is already under the influence of drink and drugs. Growing up in the shadow of her mother’s abusive relationship, Angel is nothing like her mother, but when matters turn murderous, Angel is forced to grow up fast and survival becomes the name of the game. For some, being on the wrong side of the law is the safest place to be . . . No one uncovers the underworld like Jessie Keane.

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The Manor

The Enemy Is Close To Home In This Gritty Gangland Thriller

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The Manor

The Enemy Is Close To Home In This Gritty Gangland Thriller

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The enemy is close to home in The Manor, a gripping gangland thriller from the top five bestseller Jessie Keane. Charlie Stone and Terry Barton have been blood brothers since the cradle. They grew up in the East End skimming along the bottom of the underworld, until Charlie took over the manor from the local mob and a twist of fate put him and his best mate on the road to the high life. When Charlie and Terry both marry and have kids, everything is set. Both families have everything they ever wanted. But things begin to turn sour when Charlie’s adopted son Harlan starts to cause trouble. It soon becomes clear that Harlan doesn’t just want to be number one son; he wants to be number one, full stop, and he wants Terry’s daughter Belle Barton by his side. As the feud caused by Harlan spirals out of control it is left to Belle to pick up the pieces. Is she strong enough to take on Harlan Stone? And has she got what it takes to rule the manor . . . 'Perfect for fans of Martina Cole and Lynda La Plante' – Glamour

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The Manor

The Enemy Is Close To Home In This Gritty Gangland Thriller

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Nameless

By: Jessie Keane

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Ruthless

By: Jessie Keane

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Ruthless

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She thought she'd seen the back of the Delaneys. How wrong could she be . . . Ruthless is the fifth book in the compelling Annie Carter series by hit crime writer Jessie Keane. Annie Carter should have demanded to see their bodies lying on a slab in the morgue, but she really believed the Delaney twins were gone from her life for good. Now sinister things are happening around her and Annie Carter is led to one terrifying conclusion: her bitter enemies, the Delaney twins, didn't die all those years ago. They're back and they want her, and her family, dead. This isn't the first time someone has made an attempt on her life,yet she's determined to make it the last. Nobody threatens Annie Carter and lives to tell the tale . . . Continue this gripping series with Stay Dead.

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Fearless

The Most Shocking and Gritty Gangland Thriller You'll Read This Year

By: Jessie Keane

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Fearless

The Most Shocking and Gritty Gangland Thriller You'll Read This Year

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From the bestselling author Jessie Keane comes Fearless, a gripping thriller featuring two women who will do anything to win the man they love in the thrilling backdrop of London's underworld. Josh Flynn is the king of the bare-knuckle gypsy fighters. His reputation is un-blemished; his fist a deadly weapon. Claire Milo has always loved Josh, they were destined to be together from the day they met. Two gypsy lovers with their whole lives ahead of them. If only Josh would find a different way of earning a living instead of knocking the living daylights out of another man in the boxing ring. One day, she knew something really bad was going to happen. She could feel it . . . Shauna Everett always wanted what she couldn’t have, and nobody, especially Claire Milo was going to stand in her way. She’s had her eye on Josh Flynn for years and she knew just how to get him. With an insatiable desire to win at any cost, will Shauna dethrone Claire, or will Claire smell the danger before it's too late? In a world ruled by violence, crime and backstreet brawls, only one woman will win, but how low is she prepared to go to achieve that goal?

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1447254376

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Dead Heat

The criminally good gangland thriller and instant Sunday Times bestseller (Feb 2024)

By: Jessie Keane

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Dead Heat

The criminally good gangland thriller and instant Sunday Times bestseller (Feb 2024)

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The gripping new gangland thriller from the Sunday Times bestseller and Queen of the Underworld, Jessie Keane. 'Perfect for fans of Martina Cole' My Weekly Once, he loved her. Now he's going to put her away for murder. Christie Doyle is living the dream: she has a beautiful mansion on the South Downs with an infinity pool and stables, and her husband, Kenny, spoils her rotten. It's her birthday and she is the centre of the most amazing party. And then the bombshell drops. Kenny confesses to an affair and asks for a divorce. Worse is to come when the 'other woman'- Lara, nineteen years old and pregnant with Kenny's child - is found dead. Suspicion falls on Christie and the Doyles' life is ripped apart as the police hunt for evidence: lead investigator DCI Dexter Cooper is a face from Christie's own troubled past and he knows better than anyone what she is capable of. The race to unmask a killer is on... *** PRE-ORDER THE BRILLIANT NEW JESSIE KEANE THRILLER - GANGLAND - NOW!***

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1399720961

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The Edge

An Electrifying Gangland Thriller From the Top Ten Bestseller

By: Jessie Keane

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The Edge

An Electrifying Gangland Thriller From the Top Ten Bestseller

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The unstoppable Ruby Darke returns as old enemies threaten her family in The Edge, a gripping gangland thriller from top ten bestselling author Jessie Keane. With a mind sharper than a razor blade it was only a matter of time before Ruby Darke fought her way to the top. From humble beginnings she became the queen of London’s retail, but she didn’t get there by obeying the law. Now with her son Kit and daughter Daisy finally by her side she’s ready to start a new chapter in her life, but, unknown to all of them, enemies are circling. There aren’t many who threaten Ruby Darke and live to tell the tale. But this time, she may just have met her match. If you live on the edge, you may just die on it . . . This heart-racing series starts with Nameless and Lawless.

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Dangerous

The Addictive Bestseller from the Queen of Gangland Fiction

By: Jessie Keane

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The Addictive Bestseller from the Queen of Gangland Fiction

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Fearless

The Most Shocking and Gritty Gangland Thriller You'll Read This Year

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The Knock

An explosive gangland thriller from the top ten bestseller Jessie Keane

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The Edge

An Electrifying Gangland Thriller From the Top Ten Bestseller

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Dirty Game

By: Wahib Nasrallah,Jessie Keane

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Dirty Game

By: Wahib Nasrallah,Jessie Keane

Adultery, murder and dangerous love collide in Jessie Keane’s gritty debut thriller set in the London’s East End. Perfect for fans of Martina Cole and Lynda La Plante. For longer than she cares to remember Annie Bailey has lived in the shadow of her older sister Ruthie. Now Ruthie has her hands on Max Carter, the much feared head of the Carter family and a top class villain. Seducing Max wasn't a problem, but the guilt, shame and anger of rejection afterwards was. Thrown onto the streets Annie finds herself living with Celia, a wayward aunt with a shocking secret. As the months pass Annie's resourceful nature sees her mature and carve out a life for herself, albeit not legal. But if you play with fire, you can expect to get burned and her lavish new lifestyle and connections may be about to come crashing down around her. Annie has unwittingly placed herself between two rival gangs and upset too many people, and these kind of people don't forget. But as everyone knows, Annie Bailey is no ordinary woman.

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Dead Heat

The criminally good gangland thriller and instant Sunday Times bestseller (Feb 2024)

By: Jessie Keane

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The criminally good gangland thriller and instant Sunday Times bestseller (Feb 2024)

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Ruthless

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Diamond

BEHIND EVERY STRONG WOMAN IS AN EPIC STORY: historical crime fiction at its most gripping

By: Jessie Keane

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BEHIND EVERY STRONG WOMAN IS AN EPIC STORY: historical crime fiction at its most gripping

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*** THE SUNDAY TIMES TOP TEN BESTSELLER *** 'A brilliant historical crime read' Bella 'This thrilling and twisty crime novel is perfect for fans of Martina Cole' My Weekly 'A rollercoaster of crime, revenge and murder' The Sun BEHIND EVERY STRONG WOMAN IS AN EPIC STORY... In the early years of the last century, a desperate young girl changes her name and flees the confines of her brutal, dominating gangland family in London. Now calling herself 'Diamond Dupree', she goes to Paris to become an artist's model but the world there is different to what she had supposed it would be and she soon falls on hard times. When she manages to escape at the end of the First World War, she leaves behind her a mystery - and a dead man. Back home in London, she reluctantly re-joins the Soho family 'firm' she'd once been glad to leave behind. Having grown tougher during her time in Paris, she soon becomes a force to be reckoned with, a feared and respected gangland queen. But then she meets Richard Beaumont, the youngest son of a wealthy aristocratic family, and sparks fly. But can she escape the long arm of the law and the hangman's noose, when the crimes of her past finally catch up with her? For fans of Martina Cole and Kimberley Chambers, as well as viewers of Peaky Blinders, this is historical crime fiction at its most compelling. 'No one delves into the underworld like Keane!' Woman's Weekly 'A gritty and enlightening read' Yours 'Authentically gritty' Crime Monthly

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Advances in Databases

14th British National Conference on Database, BNCOD 14 Edinburgh, UK, July 3 - 5, 1996. Proceedings

By: Ronald Morrison,Jessie Kennedy

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Advances in Databases

14th British National Conference on Database, BNCOD 14 Edinburgh, UK, July 3 - 5, 1996. Proceedings

By: Ronald Morrison,Jessie Kennedy

This book constitutes the refereed proceedings of the 14th British National Conference on Databases, BNCOD 14, held in Edinburgh, United Kingdom, in July 1996. The 13 revised papers presented in the book in full version together with two invited talks and three industrial abstracts were selected from a total of 47 submissions involving authors from 21 countries. The papers included are written by researchers and professionals from academia and industry; the volume is organized in topical sections on object-oriented databases, integrity issues, database performance and optimization, and database languages.

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3540614427

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Nameless: A Ruby Darke Novel 1

By: Jessie Keane

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Nameless: A Ruby Darke Novel 1

By: Jessie Keane

In 1941, mixed race Ruby Darke is born into a family that seem to hate her, but why? While her two brothers dive into a life of gangland violence, Ruby has to work in their family store. As she blossoms into a beautiful young woman she crosses paths with aristocrat Cornelius Bray, a chance meeting that will change her life forever. When she finds herself pregnant, and then has twins, she is forced to give her children away. At that point she vows never to trust another man again. As the years pass, Ruby never forgets her babies, and as the family store turns into a retail empire, Ruby wants her children back. But secrets were whispered and bargains made, and if Ruby wants to stay alive she needs to forget the past, or the past will come back and kill her.

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