Dolly Rawlins has finished serving her prison sentence for killing her husband. She's done her time, but the police and some of her "friends" aren't willing for that to be that. They know she masterminded the last robbery her husband ran. They are positive she has the diamonds from that robbery, or knows where they are. They want those diamonds or the money they can make selling them. All Dolly wants is a quiet life, maybe helping foster children if she can.
Instead of the quiet terrace house she planned, Dolly is bamboozled into buy an old mansion. It has plenty of room, but almost needs a complete remodel. It also used to be a house of ill repute, so getting the licenses to open it to child care is difficult. The diamonds have been stolen and sold. Dolly needs cash in the worst way. She falls back on what she knows best, armed robbery. It worked once, so she whips the bunch of women who welcomed her out of jail and who wanted to swindle the missing diamonds from her into a crew who carried out an audacious robbery of a mail train carrying millions. They are successful but lack of trust causes serious trouble.
This is the final book in the Widows trilogy. It is a very British story. Some of the language can throw you if you think in American terms while reading it. I have read enough English crime novels so that I just switch vernacular and carry on. I enjoyed watching Dolly create the conditions that convinced the women who wanted to steal from her to steal for her. I thought it was a good ending to the story.
I received the copy of the book I read for this review from BookishFirst.
Instead of the quiet terrace house she planned, Dolly is bamboozled into buy an old mansion. It has plenty of room, but almost needs a complete remodel. It also used to be a house of ill repute, so getting the licenses to open it to child care is difficult. The diamonds have been stolen and sold. Dolly needs cash in the worst way. She falls back on what she knows best, armed robbery. It worked once, so she whips the bunch of women who welcomed her out of jail and who wanted to swindle the missing diamonds from her into a crew who carried out an audacious robbery of a mail train carrying millions. They are successful but lack of trust causes serious trouble.
This is the final book in the Widows trilogy. It is a very British story. Some of the language can throw you if you think in American terms while reading it. I have read enough English crime novels so that I just switch vernacular and carry on. I enjoyed watching Dolly create the conditions that convinced the women who wanted to steal from her to steal for her. I thought it was a good ending to the story.
I received the copy of the book I read for this review from BookishFirst.