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Faith: a gritty and gripping gangland crime thriller to keep you hooked in 2024
352 pages, Hardcover
Published May 9, 2024
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June 9, 2024
Wow I just love this author she is up there with the likes of Kimberley chambers and Mandasue heller couldn’t get enough read in two settings what’s not to love in gamgland crime I cannot wait for the next one xx
May 13, 2024
Faith by Linda Calvey new book was an excellent and a great start to a new promising series. This was a book I found hard to put down, once I started to read it, before I knew it I had finished the book.......... WoW, what an excellent cliff hanger ending that was!
Faith, was set in Wakefield, in 1964 onwards. It's a gangland story of violence with close family ties. Annie Wills life was far from rosy with an unhappy upbringing from her parents. Still in her teens, she was swept off her feet by by the first man who showed her affection! His name wGary and she fell pregnant. Single mums back in the 60's was a No No and she had to marry the father of her child!. Annie's husband Gary soon showed he was a lazy and a coward who was unable to hold down any job, with his fists always at the ready to vent his anger on the world.
The one shining star in Annie's life is her perfect little girl, Maria.
Gary thought he could talk on the local crime family called the Waltons and not pay his debt's he had with them! He was so wrong................very wrong!!!
The only way for Annie to keep a roof over their heads, was to work at one of the Waltons' drinking clubs. There, Annie does the unthinkable and keeps men happy, night after night.
She does not complain as she need to keep her beautiful daughter safe.
Years go by, and Maria Annie's daughter is growing into a stunning teenager who catches the eye of Fred Walton, the volatile son of family boss, Ted. Despite Annie's desperate efforts to protect Maria from this seedy world. The young couple fall into a relationship and inevitably Maria falls pregnant. - Is history repeating itself?
When Fred finds out, he is furious at the news, he lashes out again and again with his hand, his ring has a secret razor tip which leaves Maria with deep, livid scars criss-crossing one side of her beautiful face. Annie knows the marks on her daughter's face will never fade but they will be nothing compared to the trauma Maria will hold deep inside.
Annie and Maria simply cannot stay in town. They both have to pack lightly and run away from everything, even Gary..............but where will they go?
The only place where Annie know's that is safe is to flee to her friends place in London, Joyce, a fellow prostitute from the Walton's bar who has recently moved to Stepney. Joyce was always kind to Annie and Maria........With Maria's face wrapped in bandages they both set off......Are they both going to be safe from the Waltons?
This book was so good and a great Holiday read.
I highly recommend this latest book by Linda! I loved it.
Big Thank you for Netgalley and Headline | Mountain Leopard Press for my ARC.
Faith, was set in Wakefield, in 1964 onwards. It's a gangland story of violence with close family ties. Annie Wills life was far from rosy with an unhappy upbringing from her parents. Still in her teens, she was swept off her feet by by the first man who showed her affection! His name wGary and she fell pregnant. Single mums back in the 60's was a No No and she had to marry the father of her child!. Annie's husband Gary soon showed he was a lazy and a coward who was unable to hold down any job, with his fists always at the ready to vent his anger on the world.
The one shining star in Annie's life is her perfect little girl, Maria.
Gary thought he could talk on the local crime family called the Waltons and not pay his debt's he had with them! He was so wrong................very wrong!!!
The only way for Annie to keep a roof over their heads, was to work at one of the Waltons' drinking clubs. There, Annie does the unthinkable and keeps men happy, night after night.
She does not complain as she need to keep her beautiful daughter safe.
Years go by, and Maria Annie's daughter is growing into a stunning teenager who catches the eye of Fred Walton, the volatile son of family boss, Ted. Despite Annie's desperate efforts to protect Maria from this seedy world. The young couple fall into a relationship and inevitably Maria falls pregnant. - Is history repeating itself?
When Fred finds out, he is furious at the news, he lashes out again and again with his hand, his ring has a secret razor tip which leaves Maria with deep, livid scars criss-crossing one side of her beautiful face. Annie knows the marks on her daughter's face will never fade but they will be nothing compared to the trauma Maria will hold deep inside.
Annie and Maria simply cannot stay in town. They both have to pack lightly and run away from everything, even Gary..............but where will they go?
The only place where Annie know's that is safe is to flee to her friends place in London, Joyce, a fellow prostitute from the Walton's bar who has recently moved to Stepney. Joyce was always kind to Annie and Maria........With Maria's face wrapped in bandages they both set off......Are they both going to be safe from the Waltons?
This book was so good and a great Holiday read.
I highly recommend this latest book by Linda! I loved it.
Big Thank you for Netgalley and Headline | Mountain Leopard Press for my ARC.
July 7, 2024
This is a very good story about the strength of a mother's love.
Annie becomes pregnant at sixteen, and marries the child's father. He is not all he made himself out to be. Gary's a layabout, a legend in his own mind, and not as good a criminal as he likes to think. He owes a lot of money to Ted Walton, with no obvious way to pay him off. Annie is 'persuaded' to go and work in Ted's club, where she meets Joyce. Joyce is a few years older than Annie, and teaches her the tricks of the trade. Annie becomes as popular as Joyce.
Life often repeats itself. Annie and Maria find themselves needing to leave Wakefield. They go to London, where Annie's friend Joyce is living. Mother and daughter are befriended by Father O'Reilly, who helps them get council accommodation. Both women go out to work together, and soon get their regulars. Soon, Maria has twins to swell the family to five.
Over the years, Annie, Maria and the children muddle through with little money and a lot of help from Joyce and their next door neighbours. Life is hard for all of them, but they stay together and love and support each other, despite some pretty horrifying incidents that leave scars, both physical and mental.
There's an upbeat ending, but there's still the question of if Maria's father and his son will come to London and cause trouble for them all.
Annie becomes pregnant at sixteen, and marries the child's father. He is not all he made himself out to be. Gary's a layabout, a legend in his own mind, and not as good a criminal as he likes to think. He owes a lot of money to Ted Walton, with no obvious way to pay him off. Annie is 'persuaded' to go and work in Ted's club, where she meets Joyce. Joyce is a few years older than Annie, and teaches her the tricks of the trade. Annie becomes as popular as Joyce.
Life often repeats itself. Annie and Maria find themselves needing to leave Wakefield. They go to London, where Annie's friend Joyce is living. Mother and daughter are befriended by Father O'Reilly, who helps them get council accommodation. Both women go out to work together, and soon get their regulars. Soon, Maria has twins to swell the family to five.
Over the years, Annie, Maria and the children muddle through with little money and a lot of help from Joyce and their next door neighbours. Life is hard for all of them, but they stay together and love and support each other, despite some pretty horrifying incidents that leave scars, both physical and mental.
There's an upbeat ending, but there's still the question of if Maria's father and his son will come to London and cause trouble for them all.
June 28, 2024
Faith, by Linda Calvey is a belter of a series starter and what makes this book even better, is that the author is speaking from the voice of experience. This gives the book a grittier, more plausible edge, more hands-on to the reality of crime in today's soceity
What would you do if your husband was in gambling debt up to his eyeballs and mired in debt to the local crime syndicate? What would you do if you had a child and no way of getting a day to day job to support your family, pay of the debts and try to keep the lights o at home? Annie will do anything, and does. Annie decides to turn to prostition to earn a lot of money, and fast. But this in itself causes even more trouble for the beleaaguered family, especially when Annies daughter inadvertently stumbles into the situation
Powerful, dynamic, raw and dramatic, Outstanding
Thank you to Netgalley, Headline | Mountain Leopard Press and Linda Calvey for this fascinating ARC. My review is left voluntarily and all opinions are my own
What would you do if your husband was in gambling debt up to his eyeballs and mired in debt to the local crime syndicate? What would you do if you had a child and no way of getting a day to day job to support your family, pay of the debts and try to keep the lights o at home? Annie will do anything, and does. Annie decides to turn to prostition to earn a lot of money, and fast. But this in itself causes even more trouble for the beleaaguered family, especially when Annies daughter inadvertently stumbles into the situation
Powerful, dynamic, raw and dramatic, Outstanding
Thank you to Netgalley, Headline | Mountain Leopard Press and Linda Calvey for this fascinating ARC. My review is left voluntarily and all opinions are my own
May 3, 2024
Wow what a read. This new series by Linda is really good. I was drawn in from page one and didn’t want to put it down. This starts off in Wakefield. Annie lives with her rotter of a husband Gary and young daughter Maria. One night Gary informs his wife that as he can’t pay off his debts to a local gangster and he’s agreed that Annie will work off his debt for him as a whore. We follow Annie and Maria’s extraordinary lives and this book definitely leaves you wanting more. Linda I hope you don’t leave us waiting for too long.
May 14, 2024
Omg what a fantastic book pulled me in from page one so much that I didn’t want to stop reading it
Loved ready about the life’s of Anne, Joyce, Maria, Faith and all the other characters in this book
Made me cry do far threw it
A great read. So glad end of book said to be continued. Look forward to when that one comes out
Loved ready about the life’s of Anne, Joyce, Maria, Faith and all the other characters in this book
Made me cry do far threw it
A great read. So glad end of book said to be continued. Look forward to when that one comes out
June 1, 2024
Loved this book, read it in one day!
The characters were believable and I loved the feisty mother and daughter, Annie and Maria. Everyone should have a friend like Joyce. The story was fast pace, can’t wait for the next book in the series.
The characters were believable and I loved the feisty mother and daughter, Annie and Maria. Everyone should have a friend like Joyce. The story was fast pace, can’t wait for the next book in the series.
March 10, 2025
Compared to other books from this author and authors of this genre, I didn’t enjoy reading this book due to how it was written.
The storyline was good but it was very stilted.
The storyline was good but it was very stilted.
April 9, 2025
Was okay. Bit monotonous in certain areas however a good twist at the end.
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