Queenie: The gripping, epic historical crime novel from the No 1 Sunday Times bestselling author

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Hi I’ve read nearly all kimberley books and I love them. I cannot find sweet baby James anywhere 😢 help??? Reply I probably could drop a star as it didn't have the intensity or the rollercoaster ride of the previous books but, as I did enjoy it and couldn't stop reading it, it gets the full FIVE STARS from me. Kimberley Chambers on her explosive new thriller, Life of Crime". killerreads.com . Retrieved 11 June 2018.

Queenie: The gripping, epic historical crime novel from the

Now married to the useless Albie Butler, Queenie is raising her children to fight their own battles. If the O’Learys taught her anything, it was that surviving meant doing whatever you had to, no questions asked, and family always comes first. The Butler boys will make sure their mother’s name becomes East End legend.If you are a Chambers fan then I have no need to say how long some of us hoped and waited for this book. If you are new to her writing then as this is Queenie's story, a prequel, here is as good a place to start as any. However, it is no secret I LOVE the Butler book's and whilst they have predominantly been about the boys, Queenie was always there. Now, with this book, we learn her story, how she came to be the woman we met over those books and that immovable relationship with her boys, particularly Vinny.

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With a useless husband and sons of her own to feed, Queenie raises her boys to be strong, to fight for the life she never had. We meet Queenie as a young girl, living in the East End, evacuated during the War. All the other characters are there too, Viv and Albie. Life was tough so Queenie had to be tough. Caz Finlay lives in Liverpool with her husband, two children, and a grumpy dog named Bert. She has two BA Hons in Criminal Justice and Community Justice. It is so hard to go into it without spoiling anything and we do not do spoilers. We get to see Queenie as a child, a teen and adulthood. Events that lead to shaping her as a person and seeing why family is absolutely everything to Queenie, particularly her boys and her sister. At times she is hard to understand, I coldn't fathom some of her choices/actions. Others you get it, you get why she is the way she is and who she becomes.Given Alfie Butler’s weak nature, Queenie makes it her responsibility to mold her three boys into men. All the other characters aside one of the ones who I was most intrigued to read about was a young Vinny Butler. We knew some of the reasons and events that made him the man he was in the later books but one reason why a prequel being written after a series has been completed works so well is that it makes us understand the characters more. I found myself thinking about scenes from the series after reading something in this book and thinking, 'well that’s why that happened' or 'oh that makes perfect sense now'. Vinny has always been a fascinating and enigmatic character and I have to admit I was gripped to some parts of his story here in Queenie. I loved The Butler series and loved Queenie as a character, this book tells her story from her life as a young girl during World War II up to the 60's.

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Kimberley, who currently lives in Essex, England, has sold a million copies of her books across the globe. I was born and raised in the east end of London in the 1950s and early 60s. OK, my parents worked, but we were not well off at all. Yet, there was none of the behaviour described in the book locally whatsoever. I recognised some of the descriptions and references, those which were true to the times, such as rationing, queues in the shops, helping our neighbours and the reminders of the war all around us, but not the characters portrayed. There wasn't a likeable character at all. So much violence and theft, most of it condoned by the parents. A chancer to the core, the handsome Londoner is an expert when it comes to making a few cash. The money certainly comes in handy.

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Any issues with the book list you are seeing? Or is there an author or series we don’t have? Let me know! Paprastai, kai vertinimas svyruoja tarp patenkinamo ir gero, skiriu knygai 7 balus, bet pažymiu ją keturiomis žvaigždutėmis, nes: gal ko teigiamo joje nepastebėjau, nesupratau ar dėl kitų priežasčių bijau būti neobjektyvus. Šį kartą vertindamas 7 balais (t.y. 3,5 žvaigždutės) suteikiau 3 žvaigždutes, nes atotrūkis tarp patenkinamo ir gero vertinimo pernelyg didelis. Bet romanas tikrai nėra blogas; skaitytojai, kurie mėgsta ilgus tekstus, kurių nenervina paviršutiniškumas, juo turbūt nenusivils, tai rodo ir paskelbti vertinimai. It was then that she received a phone-call from her friend Hazel, who asked if she wanted to take a hair dressing course. It was then that Chambers decided to try her hand at writing a novel. A few days later, she began writing her premiere novel Billie Jo. When she told her family about her new aspirations, they believed that it was a fad and that she would grow tired of this new venture as well.

One thing about Queenie she is loyal to a fault and she exhibits this in spades towards her sister Viv. Although her life finally gets interesting, Stephanie is left shattered after Barry is forced to move to Spain by his family. I love all your books Kimberley, once I start one I can’t put it down!! So far I’ve read 10 and have 5 more lined up. Keep on writing, you take me to all sorts of different places whilst reading them, a testament to how well written they are! There was some great characters in the book and the setting made the story so realistic you could visualise it. Quite a long book but the storyline kept me hooked.