Thanx to netgalley for letting me read diamond.another great addition to jeese keanes books. Diamond lives with her mom, dad and 2 brothers, when warren butcher is shot dead, his brother takes over the manor, diamond is forced to rob people and trick men so victor can rob .them. Diamond moves to paris where her mother frenchie came from,. Gritty. Fast paced, loved it, though in places it jumps from one character to another.

The gangland boss is back with another fantastic book!

Jessie Keane is an incredible writer and she nails gangland crime.

In this book we are introduced to Diamond, the daughter of the Head of the Wolfe Gang who rules the streets of Soho. Her father dies and Diamond has to step up in the family business. And does she fit into that role!

Diamond gets herself into, lets say a bit of trouble, and runs away to Paris to escape the violence. But the trouble soon finds her again!
This book is written with such pace, that you feel that you are on the run with her.
I had such Peaky Blinder vibes when I read this book.

The book is set pre-war, so sways into historical-crime fiction.

I really enjoyed this book, as I have enjoyed all Jessie’s work. However, I do prefer her more modern day villains!!

📚 BOOK REVIEW 📚
Diamond By Jessie Keane
Publication Date - 3rd Feb 2022

Diamond and her brothers lived in Paris with their mother and father. Her father owned lots of nightclubs in Paris and they led a very comfortable life. The clubs were taken from them by a crime family, so because her father was from London, they went back defeated. In london, with her crime family father built things up again in London but things had followed them back!!

The Main character is called Diamond. How she leaves London for Paris at a young age, to escape from the brutal treatment by her uncle. Having to leave her brothers behind! She looks out her mother’s best friend in Paris and reaches out to her for help. Diamond has to ‘grow up’ quicker than she would have thought possible.
The book is set before WW1 and the story goes through a number of years of Diamonds life.
I loved this book - gritty, fast paced and made me want to read more!! A 5 star from me !!

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Wow what a read. This is Diamond Butcher’s story and it starts from when she’s a young girl. Her life is one big rollercoaster ride with good and bad happening to her along the way. Who can Diamond trust and who’s working against her. Diamond has a very eventful and emotional journey before she starts to discover the truth. A great read ⭐️⭐️⭐️⭐️⭐️

I was so looking forward to reading Diamond and i wasn't disappointed.Diamond Butcher and her family are driven from all they own by the Wolfe family even in France,so Diamonds father brings them back to London to rebuild their lives.One gang fight too many leaves the Butcher family devastated what will happen to them now.I have really enjoyed reading of Diamond and her life my only regret was the ending i hoped it would of been better. 5*

Oh my goodness, she has done it again!

Jessie Keane is one of my all time favourite authors due to her gritty style. I have loved every single one of her books and this was no exception. I finished this in one night and I can’t remember the last time that I have been so invested in a book.

I always find Jessie Keane’s writing to be easy to engage with and this is no exception. The characters were so fleshed out and raw and full of emotion, I instantly felt connected to this world, and I absolutely loved the setting.

I really hope that this is the start of a series because I would love to know more about these characters!

5

I always look forward to a new book by this author and this one doesn’t disappoint.

The story follows Diamond Butcher who flees London after a violent altercation with her uncle. Arriving in Paris, she changes her name and starts a new life as an artist’s model, but then her circumstances change and she is forced to return home. Can Diamond pick up the life she left in London or will someone continue to throw obstacles in her way?

A gritty fast paced story with a great mix of characters which is well worth a read.

Diamond by Jessie Keane

Wow a real diamond of a read !
I'm a big fan of books by Jessie Keane , and this could be her best yet . What I love about them are her strong , gritty , no nonsense , direct , sometimes violent to reach the goal female characters , and she has created a crime queen in the character in Diamond.
Fantastic .

Warren and Frenchie have 3 children, Diamond, Aldenham and Owen. They meet in Paris and Warren has his finger in many pies until Gustav Wolfe takes what he has. They return to England and build a new little empire until Wolfe takes it all again as well as Warren's life. Diamond hates the Wolfe family and wants revenge including Gustavs son Torro. Warren's brother decides to take over the firm as well as the household using his bully boy and controlling ways. Diamond flees to Paris and reinvents herself as Diamond Dupree doing whatever she has to do to survive however trouble seems to follow her.
This book is Jessie's best yet. This book had a fantastic story, lots of action and crime and will have you on the edge of your seat.

Diamond Butcher is a beautiful girl and the daughter of Warren Butcher the head of the Wolfe gang who run the streets of Soho. Her mother is Frenchie a woman that her father met whilst in Paris and they fell in love. Diamond also has two brothers Archie and Owen who is a bit simple after an accident at birth.
When Warren is murdered, Victor Diamond’s Uncle worms the way into the family’s life and takes over the family firm and physically abuses Diamond to do his bidding. She fears for her life so much she flees and goes to Paris. But when she gets there the city is not the beautiful one that her mother has portrayed in her stories. It is hard graft, and she meets all sorts of different characters along the way.
Thank you, Hodder, and Stoughton, for a copy of Diamond by Jessie Keane. This is another enthralling book from the author set in Pre-war Gangland London. It written a bit different to her other books but still the gritty, page turner that we have come to love. I really enjoyed this story about rival gangs and her life Diamond portrayed in it. 5 stars from me.

I have read every book buy this author and she never disapoints. this book will keep you wanting to read until the very end. Warren meets Frenchie in Paris they fall in love and get married. they have three children a daughter Diamond. 2 sons Owen and Aiden then they have to flee again as Warren rival. Gustav Wolfe takes there clubs. so they go back to London buy a house and open a club the Milano. but Gustav is back and wants all again tragady strikes. and there uncle Vincent takes over and is a cruel and heartless man Diamond hates the Wolfe family and will take revenge. but she will cross paths yet again with the son Toro Wolfe and the family wont say no more but so so good

Great Page Turner.
Having read all of Jessie keane's books I was interested in reading her latest.
Very different to her other books but just as good,a rollercoaster of a read,brilliantly written and filled with characters you'll love and hate.
I'm hoping there is more of Diamond's story to come.
Highly recommended.
Thanks to Netgalley and Hodder and Stoughton for the ARC

Jessie Keane is one of my go to authors when I’m looking to read a gritty gangland thriller. Diamond is slightly different to her previous books as it begins in the early years of the last century. It follows the story of Diamond Butcher. Her life isn’t an easy, her story is shocking, and brutal but she’s a formidable character. The supporting characters fit firmly into two categories, good or evil, and there are some truly evil, despicable characters in this book that made this book such an exciting read.

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. Diamond has all the things you would expect to find in gangland thriller, violence, a gritty plot, with a feared and respected heroine. There’s so much going on, it makes for a fast-paced, thrilling read. If you enjoy a gritty, hard-hitting drama, then I would highly recommend Diamond.

I found this story written differently to Jessie Keane’s previous novels. A little harder to get into, but ended up being a really good story and well worth the read.

A absolutely great read.. I was hooked from the first chapter. This was a gripping read. Couldn't put the book down

Gangland London. Diamond a little jewel of a girl, her father Warren Butcher rule the streets of Soho the Wolfe mob run them out of London and they head to Paris her mother glamour Frenchie and her two brothers Owen and Aiden then moving back to take over the club Milano they will never be rid of Gustav Wolfe, and after their fathers death his brother Victor steps in and rules the roots. at fifteen years old she is sent out hoisting the shops that she hates, he is intimidating, frightening and cruel to them all. And Diamond wants revenge.
What a story this is to read, so fast pace and so full of history as we read Diamonds dynamic journey, it keeps you on the edge of your seat chapter after chapter, I loved it all.

When I first started reading this book.. I was a bit dubious to start with , not like Jessie's other books.
But I throughly enjoyed it and was gripped by it.
Bloody brilliant. Well done your best book by far.

I have read and loved all of Jessie Keane's books and this one is no exception.

Slightly different for Jessie a tale set way back Pre War with the Butcher family, after a series of events eldest daughter Diamond flees to Paris where her mother is from.

I absolutely enjoyed this so much, some right nasty horrible characters Uncle Victor what a vile man.

A good gripping storyline that makes you wanting to keep turning those pages.

In the early years of the last century, a desperate young girl changes her name and flees the confines of her brutal, dominating gangland family in London. Now calling herself 'Diamond Dupree', she goes to Paris to become an artist's model but the world there is different to what she had supposed it would be and she soon falls on hard times. When she manages to escape at the end of the First World War, she leaves behind her a mystery - and a dead man.

Back home in London, she reluctantly re-joins the Soho family 'firm' she'd once been glad to leave behind. Having grown tougher during her time in Paris, she soon becomes a force to be reckoned with, a feared and respected gangland queen. But then she meets Richard Beaumont, the youngest son of a wealthy aristocratic family, and sparks fly. 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?
loved the characters and really enjoyed how it was written!
This is truly an unstoppable read! And I loved every minute of it!