Taken

Jacqui Rose

Mar 2012 · Sold by HarperCollins UK

About this ebook

‘A cracking good read’ Jessie Keane

‘I was hoping you’d be able to help me. I’m looking for my baby.’

Casey Edwards has demons to put to rest. Since she had to give away her baby at 15, she’s been lost in booze and bad company. But now she wants to find her child and put things right...

Heading to Soho, Casey meets former gangster Vaughn Sadler, an old-school hard man who can still handle himself – and anyone else. There’s a spark between Vaughn and Casey but she can’t let herself get hurt, not again.

To find the truth, Casey must enter the dark world of London’s gangland: hard drugs, vice, even people trafficking. Soon she discovers that mob boss Alfie Jennings and sadistic psycho Oscar Hardings are plotting something dangerous, something brutal. Something that puts Casey – and her child – in serious trouble . . .

‘A thrilling and gripping novel.’ Roberta Kray

Full of strong women, devious gangsters and compelling twists, Taken is a compulsive read perfect for fans of Jessie Keane and Martina Cole.

Ratings and reviews

I don't know what possessed me to read this (ok I read the previous ratings and thought it MUST be good...) I even read the sample, thought it's a quick light read and hit buy...Well let the comedy cockney Dick van dyke-esque circa 1965 vocab commence. How out of touch is the author...I got sick of the pointless use of rhyming slang. They've obviously read too many Kray biog's, spent Christmas watching Mary Poppins. I love a good east end (in this case west end/towie) gangster tale..but this is terrible.

Wow jacqui seems to have got the characters spot on I could not put this book down it doesnt seem as long winded as some of martina coles books and I thoroughly enjoyed it... cant wait to read more of this author

I couldn't read this fast enough , I have lost 4 train rides to work and back and not spoken to my family for 2 evenings. I literally could not put this book down . As a drug worker in London I am well aware that there is a reality to this book that is sadly more common than we care to believe . Brilliant research and an amazing story line !! My new favourite author 🙂

About the author

Jacqui Rose is a novelist who lives in South Yorkshire, although she has lived in Soho. She has always written for pleasure but the ideas in her book have come from her own experiences.