Soon the mother of Lisa is attacked by the serial killer that leaves her seriously injured and Lisa is kidnapped by him.

Oh, and if the mood takes me, I've been known to burst into song at the end of a book signing event. To calculate the overall star rating and percentage breakdown by star, we don’t use a simple average. I do like Mandasue Heller books, not read one for a while and this one reminded me to look out for more of her books.

Chantelle is a magnificent lead, believable and wonderfully written; her situation described impeccably and supporting characters both colourful and engaging. She's a good student who only wants to pass her exams and find a way out of the sink estate in Manchester where she grew up. When teenager Alexis ‘Lexi’ James falls out with her best mate Nicole over ‘bad boy’ Ryan King, it’s just the beginning of a chain of events that go from bad to worse to deadly. Trying to live with the rejection is hard enough, but no one could have prepared her for the pain that is yet to come. By using the Web site, you confirm that you have read, understood, and agreed to be bound by the Terms and Conditions.

I got stuck into the plot very quickly and was totally immersed with the goings-on in this gritty tale. She spent ten years living in the infamous Hulme Crescents and was a professional singer for many years before turning her hand to writing. Lisa Noone, twelve years old and wise beyond her years, lives too near the lane and her mother is a member of the oldest profession in the book. A set of mandasue heller's books would make an excellent gift for fans of crime and thriller fiction at any time.We ensure that the newest titles from mandasue are promptly featured so that fans can stay up to date. But sooner or later, their paths will cross again, and someone, somewhere will commit the most heinous crime of all murder. Its the story of a young girl who lives in a council flat with her brother and her drug haddled mother, who runs of to live in spain leaving the 15 year old to keep house, really foretable (SORRY! Here are two young kids, being raised by a woman that isn’t fit to be a mother; and trying their best to make it work. Harry Shaw is the boy everyone loves to bully, the kid whose own mother locked him in a closet so she wouldn t have to look at his ugly face.

Sixteen year old protagonist Chantelle lives with younger brother, Leon, and their erstwhile mum, who thinks nothing of swanning off for weeks at a time, leaving her children to fend for themselves. After some time, her boyfriend tries to rape Lisa along with his mate, but she is saved by an old man from that incident.The 103 third parties who use cookies on this service do so for their purposes of displaying and measuring personalized ads, generating audience insights, and developing and improving products. I'd performed in amateur dramatics as a child, and became a professional singer at 18, touring the social clubs around the UK, earning my Equity card along the way which enabled me to do TV work. I really enjoyed this, 5/5 for me this time and you only have to wait until the end of the month before you can get your hands on a copy. I purchased this book for my friend's birthday as we both love Mandasue Heller and she finished it within one night. Her favourite title of mine was Lost Angel and I’m afraid it still takes the title but this was still a first class read and one that I loved from start to finish.