To the Whitesde Girls, especially Katie, a kind and lovely woman I remember from my childhood, who passed far too early. I recommend this entertaining and fast paced read. The story moves quickly to a positive and satisfactory conclusion after that. Marie’s sister comes to the rescue and helps her by feeding her invaluable information. The malevolent ghosts of Marie’s past close in on her and try to have her breach her parole so that she will then be sent back to prison to serve the remainder of her sentence. This tale, albeit being fiction, strikes me as a very realistic story. Faceless, the title, emanates from a prostitute interviewed by the author who revealed that prostitutes see their clients as faceless men she wouldn’t recognise again if she saw them a short time later. Prostitution, pimps, drugs, and the inevitable trap they can create for women from a low socio economic background feature heavily in this book. She attempts to rebuild her relationship with her children. She lives in a dank room in a halfway house. She manages to get a badly paid menial job. She starts a new life on the outside, having been disowned by most of her family. Marie Carter is out on parole, after serving thirteen years in prison for supposedly killing two friends. Think a Ken Loach type tale as to the characters’ debased way of living, which is situated in England. This is a deeply depressing book, but it is still utterly readable. It is the second of Martina Cole’s books that I have read. I read it again in tecent days after originally reading it in 2003. This is a fast moving engrossing story, which I really enjoyed. Not her best but a great addition to her oeuvre. It wasn’t until 12 years later that Martina Cole brought out a book called…’Revenge’.īlood does get spilled. Where does it end? I guarantee some blood will be spilled. Will others take revenge on Marie’s father for taking revenge on those that had taken revenge on Marie? Marie wants revenge on the father of her daughter. Revenge on those that took revenge on Marie. Revenge is the order of the day and poor Marie is one of the intended targets including from her own mother. Let’s just say that clean lives are certainly not being led. Marie has no idea where her children are. What are the chances of that? A big fat zero. Clean lives where they could look others in the face and know they were good people.’ This is a Martina Cole book. It was important to her that her children were leading happy, fulfilled lives. ‘She hoped they were happy, living good lives surrounded by nice people. Marie is on the straight and narrow and wants to make a life for herself and hopes that her two kids are doing well. Marie Carter is released from prison after doing a 12 stretch for killing two of her prostitute friends. And I had sort of guessed the "twist"!Īctually, the more I think about it, this book depressed the fuck out of me. But she had been warned, over and over, and had ignored the advice she had been given.Ī good enough read. If only she had known then what she knew now, how different it would all have been. There wasn't a light-hearted moment in this book at all. I was told that this author and Kimberley Chambers are of the same ilk, but, honestly, Chambers is by far the mater story-teller. I didn't actually like any of the characters in the book. She didn't want people, she didn't need people,all she had needed was the skag.Ĭhrist, it was fairly depressing what addiction can do to folks. Heroin was her friend, her only consolations. He had to have a fucking Irish connection, didn't he? He was a body builder with enormous biceps, a wide grin and, strangest of all, deep blue eyes. What a bad egg he was, the slimy bastard. But some people out there are watching her, following her every move – they know that Marie Carter wants retribution. Her parents have disowned her her friends have abandoned her even her kids don’t want to know. But life has moved on, and Marie has nowhere to go. Seemed to drag in the middle for me and then the ending was all just peachy and boxed up like a pretty package.Įleven years ago Marie Carter was convicted of killing her two best friends. It was enjoyable enough but way too long.
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