Diamond Butcher is a feisty female lead character who has to put up with abuse with her family in London and has to cope with a move to Paris where her life is far from easy.

But the great thing about life is, even painful events pass, and if you make bad choices, hopefully you learn from them. Briefly, born into the Butcher family who rule the streets around Soho her life is disrupted when her father is killed in a fight with the local Wolfe gang and her family’s lives are brutally changed with the arrival of her uncle. But can she escape the long arm of the law and the hangman’s noose, when the crimes of her past finally catch up with her? If I had one one small quibble in parts, this book jumps from one character to another within the same paragraph which made the read feel disjointed in parts.This is not so much a gangland thriller as we have come to expect and is set in the era just after the first world war. As ever, Jessie Keane's characters are brilliantly written and the end of this book lends itself to a follow up which will hopefully be on the horizon soon. When she manages to escape at the end of the First World War, she leaves behind her a mystery – and a dead man.

Diamond felt like a sweeping story, taking in what felt like enough drama to cover several lifetimes. and there uncle Vincent takes over and is a cruel and heartless man Diamond hates the Wolfe family and will take revenge. I never have to read the blurb on books by Jessie Keane I have confidence that I am going to love it her narrative is superb and her characters are always relatable.has a wicked eye for the ruthless, fiercely factional criminal underworld and her books never fail to pack a powerful punch. This gritty raunchy rollicking adventure has all sorts of dangerous twists and turns that keep you turning the pages. When she manages to escape at the end of the First World War, she leaves behind her a mystery - and a dead man.

But then she meets Richard Beaumont, the youngest son of a wealthy aristocratic family, and sparks fly. I have really enjoyed reading of Diamond and her life my only regret was the ending i hoped it would of been better.

Diamond had no chance at a happy life from a very young age when her dad was brutally murdered and her vicious uncle moved into the family home, after escaping to her loving mothers place of birth , Paris, Diamond hopes she can start a new life but trouble just seems to follow her.

Back home in London, she reluctantly re-joins the Soho family 'firm' she'd once been glad to leave behind. Set at the beginning of the 20th century, Diamond Butcher has grown up with the constant backdrop of the feud between her family and the Wolfe family, a bitter tit for tat battle with shocking consequences.

Diamond flees to Paris and reinvents herself as Diamond Dupree doing whatever she has to do to survive however trouble seems to follow her. For fans of Martina Cole and Kimberley Chambers, as well as viewers of Peaky Blinders, this is historical crime fiction at its most compelling.