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Big Mo Series

DIRTY TRICKS

'Great book written by a great girl.' - Martina Cole, No.1 Bestselling Auhtor.
Dirty Tricks book cover by Dreda Say Mitchell and Ryan Carter

IN GANGLAND MEN REIGN BUT ITS THE WOMEN WHO RULE

Mo Watson is caught in the crossfire of a vicious gangland war.


She'll need every dirty trick in the book to survive.


Pint-sized teenage tearaway,Maureen 'Big Mo' Watson, creates mayhem running her own street gang. Her dad is long gone and she won't listen to the pleas of her mum and granddad. When she's talent-spotted by local villain Barker, Mo jumps at the chance to start climbing the criminal underworld ladder.

Then a vicious and violent East End gangland war to the finish breaks out between Mo's boss, Barker and fearsome gangster, Jimmy Southpaw, the head of the notorious Steele family. Mo is soon in the thick of this brutal struggle. But why are Barker and Jimmy really fighting? And will Mo live long enough to find out?

FIGHT DIRTY

Fight Dirty book cover by Dreda Say Mitchell and Ryan Carter

IN GANGLAND IT’S THE WOMEN WHO FIGHT DIRTY


Notorious East End gangster, Jimmy Southpaw, has made his long lost granddaughter, Maureen ‘Big Mo’ Watson, the head of his criminal empire. But not everyone is happy about it, including Mo’s tough as nails new stepmother, Kristal Steele. When a mysterious new gangster goes to war with her, Mo begins to doubt her ability to fill Jimmy’s shoes. Feeling her enemies circling Mo contacts ruthless bad boy Nico Sinclair to help find out who’s trying to take her criminal crown.

Who is this gangster taking Mo on? Who’s backing him up? Will Jimmy think he’s made a mistake choosing Mo as his gangland heir?

WICKED WOMEN

Wicked Women book cover by Dreda Say Mitchell and Ryan Carter

There’s another deadly Queen of Crime in town.
Classy, elegant and beautiful.
And the cruellest woman you’ll ever meet.


Maureen ‘Big Mo’ Watson, the Queen of Gangland, gets her hands on her dead father’s plan for the perfect heist. This crime was going to be Robbie Steele’s last job before his mysterious death. Mo soon finds herself up against The Duchess, the ruthless toff who scares even Mo’s grandfather, legendary East End gangster, Jimmy Southpaw. Jimmy thinks he’s finally tracked down the answer to the question that has tormented him for years? Who killed his son and heir, Robbie?

What everyone thinks they know is blown away in a storm of violence that blasts the guilty and the innocent alike. Mo is at the centre of it all. At every turn, shadows of the past are haunting her.

Is it one of these shadows that’s finally going to put her in the ground?

Will she survive the shocking truth about her father’s death?

PLAY DIRTY

Play Dirty book cover by Dreda Say Mitchell and Ryan Carter

The electrifying finale to the Big Mo Gangland Thriller Series

 

When an explosive incident shakes Big Mo to the core, she realises that gangland is no place to raise her young son. She wants out – for good. But when a ruthless enemy emerges, threatening to topple her empire and loved ones, Mo is forced to confront the dark crimes and secrets from her family's past.

 

Ducking and diving through a world of betrayal and vengeance, Mo finds herself drawn back into the arms of old flame, Nico Sinclair, once one of London’s most notorious gangsters. 

 

From Mayfair's glitter to the East End's grit, can Mo escape the underworld alive?

In a game where family ties strangle and playing fair was never an option, there's only one rule for survival:

 

PLAY DIRTY

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