: : Martina Cole : :

Martina Cole was born and brought up in Essex. She is the bestselling author of twelve novels set in London's gangland, and her most recent two paperbacks, as well as her latest hardback, have gone straight to No. 1 in the Sunday Times on first publication.

Her first novel, DANGEROUS LADY, was an instant bestseller and became a highly successful TV drama series.

Since then Martina Cole has written thirteen more bestselling novels set in the criminal underworld, one of which, THE JUMP, was also made into a successful television drama.