Martina Cole

Martina Cole ( born in 1959 in Essex ) is an English crime writer.

Life and work

Cole grew up in Aveley on in Essex and is a trained nurse for the elderly. With her ​​son and her daughter, she still lives in Essex.Viele her novels reached shortly after the publication of the number-one position on the British bestseller lists. To date she has written 17 novels. Eight novels have been published in Germany. The protagonists in Coles books are always women who distinguished themselves in difficult situations by their particular strength. The novels are set mainly in the Irish gangster scene in and around London. Three of her books ( The Jump, Dangerous Lady, The Take ) were filmed as a miniseries for British television.

Review

Lutz Bunk of Germany radio culture also writes for author: ".... Martina Cole is a master of political and social criticism detective novel, and she is a master of suspense, the suspense fiction, because it is simply a gifted straight story Tellerin Martina Cole tells .... aggressive, uncompromising, without any frills, no metaphors, and 100 percent authentic, that is, it uses the brutally harsh language of those people who she describes, she can act and speak and refrained from as a writer to reflect .... What Martina Cole makes the master - author, is to craft brilliant plot management, the consistent implementation of the plot .... "

Works

  • Dangerous Lady, Translator Susanne Aeckerle, Piper Munich, 1994, ISBN 3-492-03632-5
  • The daughter, Translator Jens Plassmann, Heyne München, 2009 ISBN 978-3-453-43299-4
  • Goodnight Lady, 1994
  • The Jump, 1995
  • The climber, Translator Teja Schwaner, Heyne Munich, 2009, ISBN 978-3-453-43298-7
  • The prisoners, Translator Michelle Pyka, Heyne Munich, 2004, ISBN 3-453-43143- X
  • Broken, 2000
  • Faceless, 2001
  • Maura 's Game, 2002
  • The face, Translator Anja Schünemann, Heyne Munich, 2005, ISBN 3-453-43028- X
  • The image, Translator Lilo short Müller, Heyne Munich, 2006, ISBN 978-3-453-43169-0
  • The sister, Translator Bea Reiter, Heyne Munich, 2008, ISBN 978-3-453-43236-9
  • The clan, Translator Jens Plassmann, Heyne München, 2009 ISBN 978-3-453-43366-3
  • Faces, 2007
  • The Business, 2008
  • Hard Girls, 2009
  • The Family, 2010
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