Jessie Keane Books in Order

In 1960s East End London, Annie Bailey is tired of living in her sister Ruthie’s shadow. One reckless night with gang boss Max Carter blows her life apart and pushes her into a brothel, rival gangs and a dangerous new power game.

Now married to Max and queen of the Carter firm, Annie Carter is living the high life in Majorca – until her husband and young daughter vanish. To save Layla, Annie must return to London and face kidnap, betrayal and gangland war.

By 1970, Annie Carter rules the East End – but a serial predator is murdering women she knows. With a friend framed for the killings and the Delaney gang and New York mob circling, Annie hunts a killer while defending her hard‑won empire.

After twelve years in prison for killing her gangster husband Leo, Lily King walks free knowing she was set up. Determined to reclaim control of the King family and reconnect with her daughters, she heads back into London’s underworld to hunt the real murderer.

In New York, Annie Carter Barolli enjoys mafia high life with Constantine Barolli until a brutal attack destroys his family. Fleeing home to London with daughter Layla and a hit man on her tail, Annie uncovers a contract on her life and rumours Max Carter may still be alive.

Casino owner Gracie Doyle is thriving in Manchester until police arrive with shattering news: her estranged brothers have been attacked, one near death and one missing. Returning to her East End roots, Gracie uncovers their dangerous debts and a vendetta that could destroy them all.

In wartime London, mixed‑race baby Ruby Darke grows up unwanted in her own family, working in their small shop while her brothers turn to crime. A love affair leaves Ruby pregnant with twins she is forced to give up, driving her decades‑long hunt for the children she lost.

Annie Carter always believed the vicious Delaney twins were dead. When ominous threats and attacks close in on her family, she realises they may have survived – and now want revenge, forcing Annie into a final, bloody reckoning with her oldest enemies.

In 1975, Ruby Darke is mourning the brutal murder of her lover Michael Ward as her once‑glittering retail empire starts to slide. When son Kit’s revenge killing sparks a feud with the Danieri crime family, the Darkes must uncover the real killer before they are wiped out.

After her mother’s sudden death in 1953, fifteen‑year‑old Clara Dolan vows to keep younger siblings Bernadette and Harry safe. Drawn into Soho’s glamorous but vicious nightclub scene, Clara learns that surviving London’s underworld means hard choices, brutal alliances and a price she may not want to pay.

With Max by her side and a sun‑drenched life in Barbados, Annie Carter thinks she’s finally safe. News of old friend Dolly Farrell’s death drags her back to London, where hunting a killer forces Annie to confront buried secrets and a threat much closer to home.

Josh Flynn is the undefeated king of the bare‑knuckle gypsy fighters, and Claire Milo has loved him since childhood. When ruthless rival Shauna Everett schemes to steal Josh for herself, their love triangle plays out against a world of violence, jealousy and backstreet brawls.

Now a powerful retail tycoon, Ruby Darke finally has her children Kit and Daisy beside her and dreams of a quieter life. But as old grudges resurface and new enemies circle, Ruby discovers that living on the edge of London’s underworld can still turn deadly.

Dora O’Brien’s slide into drink, drugs and the control of bent copper Donny Maguire leaves her daughter Angel growing up in chaos. When violence explodes into murder, Angel must grow up fast and decide how far she’ll go to survive on the wrong side of the law.

Charlie Stone and Terry Barton rise from East End strugglers to kings of their manor, sharing wealth between two tight‑knit families. When Charlie’s adopted son Harlan turns dangerously ambitious and fixates on Terry’s daughter Belle, a bitter feud forces Belle to decide who will really rule.

A brutal Soho crime family drives a young woman to flee London and reinvent herself as Diamond Dupree in Paris. After the First World War she returns home hardened, rising as a feared gangland queen – until love and the secrets of a long‑ago killing threaten everything.

Years after their marriage imploded, gangster Max Carter and his ex‑wife Annie are dragged back together by a death in Majorca and a string of killings. As daughter Layla blunders into the case, the Carter clan must figure out who is targeting them before it is too late.

Christie Doyle appears to have it all – a lavish country home and a charming, wealthy husband. When he confesses an affair and the pregnant young mistress is found dead, Christie becomes the prime suspect, and an old flame turned detective is determined to expose what she’s capable of.