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It’s tough and gritty, but very addictive and I stopped reading anything else so I could finish this. When Diamond’s dad Warren is murdered, his brother Victor takes over the empty place left in both the gang and his home. I never have to read the blurb on books by Jessie Keane I have confidence that I am going to love it her narrative is superb and her characters are always relatable. Diamond is slightly different to her previous books as it begins in the early years of the last century. The story starts with us meeting Diamond Butcher, who is raised by her loving mum and dad, along with her two brothers, during the early part of the last century.
When she manages to escape at the end of the First World War, she leaves behind a mystery - and a dead man. We follow Diamond Butcher and her family, once high up in the echelons of London gangland crime - now forced under the heel of her Uncle Victor who runs things. I absolutely enjoyed this so much, some right nasty horrible characters Uncle Victor what a vile man. Diamond had no chance at a happy life from a very young age when her dad was brutally murdered and her vicious uncle moved into the family home, after escaping to her loving mothers place of birth , Paris, Diamond hopes she can start a new life but trouble just seems to follow her. I think this is the core of this book; because Diamond Butcher, our main character, has to leave her family bounds to become something different and disconnect but it will not be as easy as she expects.This is not so much a gangland thriller as we have come to expect and is set in the era just after the first world war. and there uncle Vincent takes over and is a cruel and heartless man Diamond hates the Wolfe family and will take revenge. We want our comments to be a lively and valuable part of our community - a place where readers can debate and engage with the most important local issues. She has two younger brothers the youngest Owen who was born with the cord around his throat has learning difficulties but is loved no less than diamond or Archie her other brother. He bought out night clubs, billiard halls and boxing establishments and started making his fortune early on.
Slightly different for Jessie a tale set way back Pre War with the Butcher family, after a series of events eldest daughter Diamond flees to Paris where her mother is from. At first I thought I would give this book a go and I'm glad that I dis from the first chapter till the last it was so different . The novel is set in the early 20th century where a a desperate young girl changes her name and flees the confines of her brutal, dominating gangland family in London. Fleeing to France to find a friend of her mothers she assumes a new identity and becomes a nude model for an artist.
Back home in London, she reluctantly re-joins the Soho family ‘firm’ she’d once been glad to leave behind.
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