The Lost

by Roberta Kray

Overview

Some secrets won't stay buried... THE LOST
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Private Investigator Harry Lind doesn't believe in ghosts. Little Grace Harper went missing over twenty years ago and missing girls can't just reappear. Or can they?

Reporter Jess Vaughan is convinced Grace is still alive, but she's going to need some help to prove it. When a brutal murder makes Harry reconsider Grace's disappearance, he and Jess are drawn together.

As Jess and Harry begin to unravel an age-old web of deceit and betrayal their discoveries put them on a collision course with Jimmy Keppell, one of London's most notorious gangsters. Their search for the truth, it seems, could cost them their lives.

NO ONE KNOWS CRIME LIKE KRAY
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PRAISE FOR ROBERTA KRAY'S GRITTY CRIME THRILLERS

'Great writing, gripping story, loved it!'
Mandasue Heller

'Well into Martina Cole territory'
Independent

'Action, intrigue. . . sure to please any crime fiction fans'
Woman

'A compelling mystery'
Heather Burnside

Product Details

ISBN-13:	9780751559828
Publisher:	Little, Brown Book Group
Publication date:	04/11/2019
Sold by:	Hachette Digital, Inc.
Format:	eBook
Pages:	496
File size:	1 MB

About the Author

Through her marriage to Reggie Kray, Roberta Kray has a unique and authentic insight into London's East End. Roberta met Reggie in early 1996 and they married the following year; they were together until Reggie's death in 2000. Roberta is the author of many previous bestsellers including No Mercy, Dangerous Promises, Exposed and Survivor.

Editorial Reviews

Ghosts of long-dead crimes are best left undisturbed. During a fruitless interview at a prison, dogged London newshound Len Curzon spots a lead in the person of an unidentified blonde beauty chatting with disgraced politician Paul Deacon, who has been incarcerated for shooting crime boss Jimmy Keppell's handsome son Tony. Deacon's motive was murky; now Len muses that Tony may have been Deacon's lover. From deep in his memory, Len pulls a hunch: that the young woman is Grace, the grown-up daughter of Sharon Harper, an infamous woman in another memorable story from two decades ago. At a pub called The Whistle, Len chats with ex-cop Harry Lind, currently in the doghouse with his live-in love Valerie. Harry's now a private eye hired by not-quite-legitimate nightclub owner Ray Stagg to find his missing brother-in-law Al. Stagg's sister Denise is crazed with worry. Harry learns, unsurprisingly, that revenge is the real motive for Stagg's search, and the reader soon discovers that Keppel and Stagg are thick as thieves. Before Len can decide whether to pursue the case of Grace Harper, who now calls herself Ellen Shaw, he's murdered, and Harry's case takes center stage for Valerie, an investigator who's not only Harry's better half but a detective sergeant. Another multilayered crime saga from Kray (The Pact, 2007, etc.), long on plot but short on style. A panorama of supporting characters adds both interest and potential confusion.

Kirkus Reviews

A Cole-esque, addictive read... expect a healthy dose of the kidnapping, blackmail and murder that no East End novel would be complete without—London Lite

Written by the widow of Reggie Kray, one of the East End's most notorious gangsters, this has an authenticity and insight to it that many other thrillers don't—Candis

There can be few people better placed to write about East End gangsters than Reggie Kray's widow Roberta, and her unique insight into the murky world of organised crime shines through in this gritty fiction thriller... Kray's storytelling is intelligent, g—News of the World

Gripping—Daily Express

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