Her mother was a psychiatric nurse from Glasnevin, County Dublin and her father was a merchant seaman from Cork City.

Sadly this is the second review I'm writing for a disappointing book which has received mainstream popularity. She has achieved sales of over fourteen million in the UK alone and her tenth novel, The Know, spent seven weeks on The Sunday Times hardback best-sellers list.An ok read if you like MC, again very much like most of her other novels; the Irish Catholic IRA connection, the young man wanting to be a face, the sexual element and the strong female lead. This novel runs a tried and tested formula of Cole's, one family, four decades, you get drawn into the heart of them, the very point where love and hate pump out simultaneously. No one thinks a seventeen-year-old girl can take on the hard men of London's gangland, but it's a mistake to underestimate Maura Ryan: she's tough, clever and beautiful —and she's determined that nothing will stand in her way.

Maura enters the world of gangs and violence as a seventeen year old who no one wants to take seriously, shifting her way through any problem she faces. This is as much about sibling loyalty and rivalry as it is about crime, and it's all very well done.Other cancelled products: If you want to cancel products that are not damaged or incorrectly supplied, then you must inform us of this within seven working days following the date of receipt in accordance with the Distance Selling Regulations or otherwise as soon as possible. I enjoyed the setting, the "rags to riches" narrative, the romance elements, and the focus on the dynamics of an entire family (the Ryans).