'An unmissable insight. You should read this.' Daily Mirror
'Vivid, insightful and extremely powerful, I have thought about this
book every day since reading it. A must-read for everyone.' Marie
Claire
'Danielle's searingly honest book is a horrifying insight into gang
violence and county lines culture.'The Sun
Top Girl is the tell-all, true story of a grammar school girl turned
drug dealer.
Danielle has a safe, happy childhood growing up in West London, but her
bright future fades as she turns her back on school for gang life and
crime. Betrayed by the police after a brutal gang rape, she finds
protection under the wing of organized criminals and falls in love with
the local 'top boy'. However, her allegiances bring terror to her
doorstep when gun-toting rivals target her apartment - and the
authorities answer by taking away her baby.
Heartbroken, Danielle spirals deeper into gang life and becomes a key
player in a sprawling county lines operation, running drugs to satellite
towns all over the UK from the gang's London HQ. A turning point comes
when Danielle is arrested and - with the help of a probation officer -
she begins to question whether she really is 'top girl' after all. But
after five years deep in the high-earning street hustle, can she really
leave it all behind?
Danielle's gritty, emotional, no-holds-barred memoir lays bare the
reality of a county lines insider and reveals the truth about life on
the frontline of Britain's biggest drug threat for a generation.
