Reading order
| # | Title | Published | Author | Buy on Amazon |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| 1 | Goodnight Lady | 1994 | Martina Cole | Buy |
| 2 | The Jump | 1995 | Martina Cole | Buy |
| 3 | The Runaway | 1997 | Martina Cole | Buy |
| 4 | Two Women | 1999 | Martina Cole | Buy |
| 5 | Faceless | 2001 | Martina Cole | Buy |
| 6 | The Know | 2003 | Martina Cole | Buy |
| 7 | The Graft | 2004 | Martina Cole | Buy |
| 8 | The Take | 2005 | Martina Cole | Buy |
| 9 | Close | 2006 | Martina Cole | Buy |
| 10 | Faces | 2007 | Martina Cole | Buy |
| 11 | The Business | 2008 | Martina Cole | Buy |
| 12 | The Family | 2008 | Martina Cole | Buy |
| 13 | The Faithless | 2011 | Martina Cole | Buy |
| 14 | The Life | 2012 | Martina Cole | Buy |
| 15 | Revenge | 2013 | Martina Cole | Buy |
| 16 | The Good Life | 2014 | Martina Cole | Buy |
| 17 | Get Even | 2015 | Martina Cole | Buy |
| 18 | Betrayal | 2016 | Martina Cole | Buy |
| 19 | No Mercy | 2019 | Martina Cole | Buy |
| 20 | Loyalty | 2023 | Martina Cole | Buy |
| 21 | Guilty | 2024 | Martina Cole | N/A |
| 22 | No Regret | 2025 | Martina Cole | Buy |
Martina Cole’s standalone novels make up the bulk of her catalog, with twenty-two books published between 1994 and 2025. The novels share a common world: London’s gangland, where family loyalty and criminal ambition collide. Titles like The Take, Revenge, and No Mercy signal the territory.
The Take (2005) won the British Book Award for Crime Thriller of the Year and was adapted for Sky 1 with Tom Hardy in the lead. Cole’s standalones tend to follow families over years or decades, tracking how crime and violence ripple through generations. She writes women who are trapped, complicit, or in charge, and the moral landscape is rarely simple.