'Cole is brilliant at portraying the good among the bad, and vice versa, so until the very end we never quite know who to trust. This is the very stuff that makes her so compelling' -- Daily Mirror

Martina Cole is the No. 1 bestselling author of sixteen hugely successful novels. Her most recent novel, Hard Girls, went straight to No. 1 on the Sunday Times hardback bestseller list. The Business was the No. 1 bestselling hardback adult fiction title of 2008. The Take won the British Book Award for Crime Thriller of the Year in 2006 and has been a highly acclaimed adaptation for Sky One, with remarkable reviews. The Runaway is currently in production. The Know was selected by Richard & Judy as one of the Top Ten Best Reads of 2003, and total sales of Martina's novels are now over ten million copies. Martina Cole has a son and daughter and lives in Kent. Martina Cole is highly acclaimed for her hard-hitting, uncompromising and haunting writing, as well as for her incredible success.