Queenie: The gripping, epic historical crime novel from the No 1 Sunday Times bestselling author

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But despite his commendable efforts to begin a new chapter, the past will soon return to haunt him. As the plot progresses to after the war, you understand why people in communities knitted together, to build up a bigger family other than blood relations.

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Kimberley Chambers: My friends were married to villains". Metro. 24 November 2009 . Retrieved 18 June 2018. Given how Billie Jo fears seeing her parents quarrelling, Terry believes that his daughter won’t have any problems when he informs her of his intentions to break up with Michelle and move on with his expectant secretary. With Vinny left yearning for revenge after one brutal night, will the experience embolden the Butlers? Both families are a part of the seedy underbelly of the East End and Stratford. Jessica Smith and Eddie Mitchell become engaged, against the wishes of Jessica’s father. The two are swept away into a world of crime, murder, and deception. The FeudI am aware of the Kray twins, of course, and the havoc they raised around them, but I would hate to think every reader of this book, and Kimberley Chambers is a popular author I understand, that everyone from the east end was like this.

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Given Alfie Butler’s weak nature, Queenie makes it her responsibility to mold her three boys into men. Set just before the Second World War it follows Queenie as a young girl growing up in the East End London. I will just say that I am glad I started this over the weekend because I have done nothing but "sat on me arse" all day long to finish this. I know it says that the book can be read as a stand-alone but, honestly, I think you are doing yourself a disservice if you don't read the other books by this author, especially the Butler and Mitchell books (where we are first introduced to Queenie). However, there’s nothing good about waiting for your loved one, hoping that they’ll return home safely.Married to a man who is ever intoxicated and stranded on a council estate in East London, she struggles to save just enough to help raise her three children all on her own.

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I liked this and it was compulsively readable but it’s not my favourite in the series. It was good to learn more about the origins of the Butlers and if you like a gritty crime or family saga then this one will be for you! I think I’m perhaps a bit tired of the same characters doing the same things throughout multiple books. I’m a fan of Chambers though and will definitely keep reading her novels! ⁣ Everything however turns upside down when her daughter Debbie reveals that she’s expecting the baby of her disreputable junkie boyfriend, Billy McDaid.

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So when Frankie Mitchell and Jed O’Hara shared a forbidden love, it marked the beginning of the end. Kimberley's audiobooks are brilliantly narrated by Annie Aldington. Her ability to bring each character to life adds an extra dimension to Kimberley's storytelling. The story takes us through Queenie’s childhood into adulthood, her marriage, having children and getting to know the younger butlers as children and watching them grow. There is just something about the bond between mother and son and Queenie and Vinny’s is both heartwarming and heart breaking. Now residing in a gorgeous tiny cul-de-sac in Rainham with her decent husband and an admirable social life, everything seems to be working out for her.