Review: Gangsters Wives

If you’re into Fyodor Dostoyevsky then look away now, because this is not ‘Crime and Punishment’ for the 21st Century; but if you’re looking for a tough London Gangland thriller with a cynical eye and full of black humor then this is just what you are looking for. Written with a terse and fast voice, ‘Gangsters Wives’ tells the tale of four women Sadie, Nicky, Poppy and Kate who are married to key leaders of London’s East-End gangland. When a court case for which the Gangsters could go to jail starts in earnest, the wives look at their lives and decide that some things have to change. One is married to an abuser, while one is actually broke due to the excessive lifestyle, while one is an East European bride and another who enjoys extra-marital fun. Enter an undercover Asian policeman who gets involved with the cabal, while trying to track the Gangster’s next job and soon finds himself beneath the sheets in some rather explicit sexual antics.

The wives hatch a plan that will free them from the shackles of their husbands, but the plan involves a JCB excavator, a cache of automatic weapons and a double cross of their partners, with the Asian cop sat right in the middle of the heist. So the women tool up, leaving their ladies-who-lunch lifestyle behind and head into the double-cross. Needless to say, their plans do not go by the numbers, while their husbands discover the deception when the bullets fly. This leaves the cop with nowhere to turn as he also has some secrets that are only revealed at the stunning and head-spinning climax. One point I have reveal here is this can not be a debut novel, as the writing is far too clean, and there is not a wasted word. Plus, whoever this Lee Martin is, he or she has played a rather funny if somewhat rude joke on this reviewer, as the Cop who sits between the gangsters and their wives shares my name! Anyway, I must also warn you that the language as well as the sexual content is hardcore in the extreme, but that just adds a level of authenticity to the proceedings. If you like Martina Cole’s work, then ‘Gangsters Wives’ with be right up your darkened alley-way, but again, be warned, not for the feint of heart and in a few words – ‘Great Fun’ – Ali Karim

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Book Review: Gangsters Wives

Please Note: Books reviewed are usually provided by the publisher, author, or an agent. Reviewers usually get to keep the book.