Dirty Game (34 page)

A small battalion of people helped me along the way, in particular Louise Marley, Trisha Ashley and Anne Bennett, all great friends and fellow writers. Thanks too to Lynne and Steve for the monitor and for being such lovely neighbours, and to Judith my agent and Wayne Brookes my lovely editor. Several books were of great help to me, notably Paul Bailey’s
An English Madam
and Tony Lambrianou’s
Inside the Firm
. And last but never least, thanks to Cliff, who held my hand through all the madness.

DIRTY GAME

The youngest of eight children by a wealthy, chauffeur-driven father and a gipsy mother, Jessie Keane’s story is one of idyllic early years, then from teenage onwards of struggle against the odds. Family tragedy, bankruptcy and mixing with a bad crowd all filled her life.

After 20 years of trying her first novel
Dirty
Game
was snapped up by Harper Collins in 2007.

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