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The knock / Jessie Keane.

The knock / Jessie Keane.
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Shelf Location Collection Volume Ref. Branch Status Due Date
AF KEAN
Adult Fiction   Chester Hill . . Available .  
AF KEAN
Adult Fiction   Riverwood . . Available .  
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ISBN 9781509854981 (hardback)
Name Keane, Jessie author.
Title The knock / Jessie Keane.
Published London : Macmillan, 2020.
©2020
Description 532 pages ; 24 cm.
Notes "She lives in fear of..."--Cover.
Summary She lives in fear of... The knock. Dora O'Brien had a good start in life, but things went bad when she began to mix with the wrong company. Pregnant by her gangster lover, she found herself on the streets and then in the grips of a bent copper called Donny Maguire. When her daughter Angel is born, Dora is already under the influence of drink and drugs, and handed around to Donny's mates. Growing up in the shadow of her mother's abusive relationship, Angel is nothing like her mother, but when matters turn murderous, Angel is forced to grow up fast and survival becomes the name of the game. For some, being on the wrong side of the law is the safest place to be...
Subjects Mothers and daughters -- Fiction
Organized crime -- Fiction
Single mothers -- Fiction
Life change events -- Fiction
Police corruption -- Fiction
Women -- Abuse of -- Fiction
Survival -- Fiction
Drug abuse -- Fiction
London (England) -- Fiction
Genre Thrillers (Fiction)
Bildungsromans
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