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Born Bad: A gritty gangster thriller with a darkly funny heart
Marnie Riches
A powerful, darkly comic novel set in the criminal underworld of Manchester from bestselling author Marnie Riches.The battle is on…When gang leader Paddy O’Brien is stabbed in his brother’s famous nightclub, Manchester’s criminal underworld is shaken to the core. Tensions are running high, and as the body count begins to grow, the O’Brien family must face a tough decision – sell their side of the city to the infamous Boddlington gang or stick it out and risk losing their king.But war comes easy to the bad boys, and they won’t go down without a fight. So begins a fierce battle for the South Side, with the leading Manchester gangsters taking the law into their own hands – but only the strongest will survive…
Born Bad
MARNIE RICHES
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First published in Great Britain by HarperCollinsPublishers 2017
Copyright © Marnie Riches 2017
Marnie Riches asserts the moral right to be identified as the author of this work.
A catalogue copy of this book is available from the British Library.
This novel is entirely a work of fiction. The names, characters and incidents portrayed in it are the work of the author’s imagination. Any resemblance to actual persons, living or dead, events or localities is entirely coincidental.
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Source ISBN: 9780008203931
Ebook Edition © December 2016 ISBN: 9780008203948
Version 2017-01-20
Praise for Marnie Riches: (#ua2eea6f1-bb8f-53eb-9dd9-65695182cf7e)
‘Fast-paced, enthralling and heartrending; I couldn’t put it down’
C. L. Taylor
‘A strong, edgy debut that deserves to do well’
Clare Mackintosh
‘Fast, furious, fantastic…One killer thriller!’
Mark Edwards
What the reviewers said: (#ua2eea6f1-bb8f-53eb-9dd9-65695182cf7e)
‘A truly exciting new arrival in the world of Euro Crime! (https://www.amazon.co.uk/review/R3GV4NBXDK92SX/ref=cm_cr_dp_title?ie=UTF8&ASIN=B00U1K18VY&channel=detail-glance&nodeID=341677031&store=digital-text)’
‘I bit my nails all the way to the end!’
‘Breathtakingly brilliant’
‘Reminds me of the best Scandinavian crime writers like Jo Nesbo and Stieg Larsson’
‘Truly outstanding’
‘An intricate, fast-paced and utterly compelling thriller (https://www.amazon.co.uk/gp/customer-reviews/RVNB9MR5ZGYAA/ref=cm_cr_arp_d_rvw_ttl?ie=UTF8&ASIN=B00U5NU62E)’
‘Without a doubt a true 5 star read! (https://www.amazon.co.uk/gp/customer-reviews/R2WVMXPPJGZ4RX/ref=cm_cr_arp_d_rvw_ttl?ie=UTF8&ASIN=B00U5NU62E)’
‘Work of art’
‘Intelligent, moving, filled with tension and entertaining (https://www.amazon.co.uk/gp/customer-reviews/RPRBE8Z2IO4PX/ref=cm_cr_getr_d_rvw_ttl?ie=UTF8&ASIN=B00U5NU62E)’
Dedication (#ua2eea6f1-bb8f-53eb-9dd9-65695182cf7e)
For Caspian
If my name is on the spine, and the story comes from my heart, then you are surely the lungs of this book, since you have breathed life into all of my words. In a world full of bollocks, you’re the dog’s, Mr Dennis. Never forget it.
Table of Contents
Cover (#ud8f2a096-c35c-5e2f-917a-08df33171cf2)
Title Page (#uaea24b5a-5cfe-52d0-b7b2-6acdfdad46bc)
Copyright (#u08770221-277b-5c06-9a53-213a54db540b)
Praise for Marnie Riches: (#u1dbc1ea1-4f10-5a6f-ba49-9fa7611cd95a)
What the Reviewers Said: (#uffb7ab26-b105-5f1d-ac2d-e33460e1efbb)
Dedication (#u24985d44-6abe-52de-9bdd-e1009007e37a)
Chapter 1: Sheila (#u589bc4dc-490f-531e-8ba4-57804297b26e)
Chapter 2: Conky (#uf29cc87c-d331-56b3-8667-94ca8fc6ff39)
Chapter 3: Paddy (#u76f7cc1f-7dae-53d9-a819-7b3cd295929a)
Chapter 4: Jonny (#u995129cd-7a83-5fc7-9213-ff13a57b2dc1)
Chapter 5: Irina (#u9a637110-4e3b-5bb3-91d4-86bb72bd7d04)
Chapter 6: Lev (#u93e38c35-b9e4-5937-a5ee-8b82e394fa94)
Chapter 7: Gloria (#u9a2f399e-ee39-58d7-80aa-a752c45e305c)
Chapter 8: Paddy (#uf4572bf3-ea99-5f86-b228-01a7727cde54)
Chapter 9: Sheila (#udd79b9e6-3869-5e0a-8c56-ac1992a49861)
Chapter 10: Lev (#ufa667dd7-0a32-5541-b4d4-1460a0ccf483)
Chapter 11: Conky (#uc812727a-252f-57e4-adba-543056992e77)
Chapter 12: Lev (#u42339266-6766-5d01-aec4-2756494251e4)
Chapter 13: Jonny (#u83a1345a-4b21-5585-a156-2c801aa95de6)
Chapter 14: Jack (#u0050524a-8391-5e91-ae06-b1f9ead12509)
Chapter 15: Paddy (#uea9d08e0-f9a7-587b-8174-7a7494dde9c5)
Chapter 16: Lev (#u527c629c-c3e4-59d0-8ff3-7232a3ea6ded)
Chapter 17: Conky (#uf77a7886-8749-598c-ae62-0da9b05d743a)
Chapter 18: Lev (#u5cb8f267-7710-5286-aade-d1c4f001d848)
Chapter 19: Irina (#u42f137fa-884f-58ff-9d75-efb6c352f7fc)
Chapter 20: Lev (#u904f9992-e431-52a3-a451-a61ee5bb4c93)
Chapter 21: Sheila (#u3a6255ae-46d1-5611-b136-91a90d4aac14)
Chapter 22: Lev (#u00ba24c1-c5a9-5aac-b3ec-5e946c39233d)
Chapter 23: Sheila (#ub628fa5b-00b4-5d4a-a1b8-f30975570d79)
Chapter 24: Gloria (#u54d9db19-cd3d-58e4-a3e4-e4789bcb314b)
Chapter 25: Lev (#u965d8791-f752-5e8b-b597-aa0538f1f6cb)
Chapter 26: Conky (#u9754aa17-051b-5cab-81d3-2ebaac920026)
Chapter 27: Sheila (#u59cb0c3a-09a7-5370-a57b-72e64d5d1b5f)
Chapter 28: Lev (#u1be422f4-f519-5e19-8ef9-59b39f4f19a9)
Chapter 29: Paddy (#u043cc330-c255-5f5b-b984-33ae1130c4ec)
Chapter 30: Frank (#ud2e1353a-dcac-56d8-9a9d-f1da4db789bd)
Chapter 31: Tariq (#u473e6150-8929-5b9f-941e-e4739285f5ca)
Chapter 32: Gloria (#u8c8fd000-1655-5e83-8ce4-86cb13bf76e4)
Chapter 33: Jonny (#u184eadb3-b9fa-5393-a633-df78aa86eee8)
Chapter 34: Asaf (#ua5f54bc3-ac91-50c7-af5c-b042c4461551)
Chapter 35: Frank (#u1fc81d5d-9e5e-5c7e-9a74-ff69a9f1f860)
Chapter 36: Asaf (#uaa288bbe-0398-5a2b-83ed-70423255dc06)
Chapter 37: Conky (#u775561e7-138d-50a8-88f8-753f0cb13857)
Chapter 38: Jonny (#u8cbc4850-e55e-5dca-b7b1-58ec66660441)
Chapter 39: Sheila (#u849ec5ff-dd5f-50c5-b17e-9108d4ae00e0)
Chapter 40: Lev (#u5c04f7d6-ad85-576a-b4ff-e0f7999fb77a)
Chapter 41: Lev (#ubca0d224-15db-53d1-aeaa-2e60e5bb73ac)
Chapter 42: Frank (#uef4803a2-38db-5aec-9de0-712fe09bd16a)
Chapter 43: Sheila (#u138fa31f-3fc7-5ede-a979-6f9a92d48f97)
Chapter 44: Conky (#u39bbafad-3f23-58f0-9c68-3adc46e0b754)
Chapter 45: Conky (#u6014d339-a78b-541c-9a9a-dfbca8bf11ba)
Chapter 46: Sheila (#u0cb1ec37-1b72-543a-9656-dcfb458c5d75)
Chapter 47: Frank, Then Katrina (#u98a22865-42ab-5c8f-b58e-3d26e269172a)
Chapter 48: Conky (#u3f051672-52a1-5332-bb3a-55e9bd981e2d)
Chapter 49: Conky (#u5de515a4-7cca-52b4-a99f-7154c77db9d5)
Chapter 50: Sheila (#u95613582-4241-5a52-930a-bb6373cf1dbb)
Chapter 51: Conky (#u0919a1bb-b77b-5bbd-95a8-5a8e524382eb)
Chapter 52: Conky (#uab2302cd-0aa2-527d-80c8-8a14963ed190)
Chapter 53: Lev (#u20cb5a0b-e47f-5652-99d2-2c539dd58491)
Chapter 54: Tariq (#uc45c597b-d112-5537-8f20-8aba82bfd4f2)
