Her fascination with London and the underworld led her to write Dirty Game, followed by best sellers Black Widow, Scarlet Women, Jail Bird, The Make, Playing Dead and Nameless.
She fled to London to escape a troubled family life, and fell in love with the city and the shady characters she met around the East End and Soho.
Her novel, Nameless, was a move away from Annie Bailey, and features the headstrong character, Ruby Darke which her fans raved about.
Then came Lawless which followed Ruby Darke's progress again, then a stand-alone Dangerous' and Stay Dead, the sixth of the Annie Bailey/Carter books, released to great critical acclaim.
And Annie's daughter Layla is going to carry on the family tradition of getting into terrible scrapes in her lovelife and in gangland London.