The Ladykiller - Martina Cole

Having finished reading two good biographies, I wanted to find a good fiction novel to get into. I picked up several and tried a few pages, but couldn't really get into them. So I turned to a reliable source of literary entertainment - Martina Cole. The Ladykiller was the eighth book of hers that I have read and as I had enjoyed the others immensely, it seemed a safe bet that this one would also meet my high expectations. But did it? Read on… Not long after beginning the novel, I was warned it was Cole's most graphic book and this needs to be stated clearly. Cole's books are never for the ... more

To the outside world, George Markham seems like a normal man. In his early 50s, henpecked by his wife, facing redundancy at work and a bit of a loner with few friends, he probably seems a bit of a misfit, but he’s harmless enough. Even his domineering wife, Elaine, thinks he’s harmless, and that’s why she sees no harm in making a new social life for herself – which doesn’t include George. But while Elaine is out enjoying himself, George is indulging a secret pastime of his own. What starts as a secret hobby of ensconcing himself in his shed with a selection of unsavoury pornographic magazines ... more

George Markham, to the outside world is an unassuming sort of person. At first glance he seems like just another ordinary guy; he’s quiet, has a good job, a nice car and lives with his wife in suburbia. Look a little deeper and you’ll find a man who’s more than a bit hen-pecked and nagged by his wife and thought of by his work colleagues as a bit of a loser, even a bit ‘sad’. He has no real friends; he doesn’t seem to ‘belong’. Some would even go so far as to think of him as ‘creepy’. If only this was all there was to Mr Markham! Appearances can be deceptive. Very deceptive indeed in the case ... more

I read one of Martina Cole’s books called Two Women and was thoroughly impressed by her gripping story lines, so I just had to read Lady Killer, and was deeply impressed with this best seller. The story starts with a guy called George Markham, and describes his normal living life with his wife, and perfect job. As a reader you get the impression that George is an everyday middle-aged man, but soon come to realise that he has many sexual fantasies involving women, and killing them. The inspector involved in the case is called Kate Burrows who falls in love with one of George Markham’s victims ... more

I bought The Lady Killer by Martina Cole as i had just finished reading one of her other books that i had got from a carboot sale Two Woman, i enjoyed it so much i just had to get another of her books and i wasn't disappointed. It had me up again all night reading just another chapter then another as i couldn't put it down. DI Burrows is an unmarried mum or a teenage daughter, she is hard working and good at her job but finds this hard to prove due to being a female in a mans world. A disturbing sight is found in the small town of Grantley, a young woman has been brutally murdered and raped ... more