The Gunn Family Trilogy · Book Two
I Am Queenie Gunn
Before they feared her, they underestimated her.
Before the money, the big house and the reputation, Queenie was a mouthy girl off Chapel Market with nothing to lose and a tongue that could strip paint. Then she met Lenny Gunn. This is how a nobody became the woman nobody in London was stupid enough to cross. Plenty of people underestimated her. Most of them only did it once.
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Inside the story
Before the empire, there was a market girl with a mouth on her.
Long before anyone in Islington lowered their voice at the mention of her name, Queenie was a Chapel Market girl with a fag in one hand, a temper she could barely hold on to and absolutely no intention of staying poor.
Then she met Lenny Gunn. Bethnal Green through and through, with quick grey eyes, a broken nose and a way of talking that could charm a copper or put the fear of God into a hard man. Lenny had plans. Queenie had better ones.
This is how a girl from the market stalls became the most feared woman in North London, and what it cost her along the way. There are laughs on every page, and there are moments that will turn your stomach.
Every secret that comes back to haunt the family in Who Killed Lenny Gunn? starts right here.
What readers are saying
Readers are calling it proper old school
★★★★★“Absolutely love her style of writing. This book is a prequel, it’s a proper bit of old school with Martina Cole vibes.”
★★★★★“I loved this book it did not disappoint after the first book… look forward to the next one”
★★★★★“Loved this book so much cannot wait for the third”
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The real London behind the book
Chapel Market and the East End
Queenie grows up among the barrows and banter of Chapel Market in Islington, where you learn to haggle before you can read. Lenny is Bethnal Green born and bred. Between them they carve out a corner of London that the Gunns will hold for decades. Want to walk it yourself? Read The real London behind the books.
Questions
I Am Queenie Gunn questions answered
Is I Am Queenie Gunn a prequel?
Yes. It goes back to Queenie’s younger years and tells how she met Lenny Gunn and how the Gunn family came to run their corner of London.
Is it part of a series?
Yes. It’s book two of the Gunn Family Trilogy: Who Killed Lenny Gunn?, I Am Queenie Gunn and Carol Gunn Returns.
Should I read Who Killed Lenny Gunn? first?
We’d recommend it. The prequel works on its own, but reading Who Killed Lenny Gunn? first means you’ll catch every hint about what’s coming.
Where is I Am Queenie Gunn set?
In Islington, around Chapel Market, and in Bethnal Green in the East End of London.
Is it funny?
Very. The Gunns talk the way real Londoners talk, and Queenie never holds back.
How long is I Am Queenie Gunn?
318 pages.
If this one gets under your skin
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