Clare's Reviews > The Runaway

I love Martina Cole’s epic books that span several decades. With this one being 700+ pages we see the character building of the main female protagonist Cathy from childhood through to her forties and I cared about her so much along with her saviour in life Desrae and her daughter later in the book. I remember reading Goodnight Lady years ago and this feels similar with it’s hard hitting, often difficult to read details about their broken childhood and rise from the ashes. I read a Martina Cole book about once or twice a year as I have to scratch my itch for gritty gangster novels about every 6 months and this one was truly great.