Set in urban Manchester, Running Scared is a nerve-shredding thriller by bestselling author Mandasue Heller.

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.

Returning home one night to her high-rise flat, she is faced by a terrifying scene that changes her life forever - and matters are made worse when she is put into care in another town.

Years later, Lexi has left school and is back in Manchester. A chance meeting with Nicole and her so-called 'other half' Ryan ends in disaster, and she vows never to see them again. Then one night she is saved from a vicious attack by a charming stranger. He takes her home and their acquaintance blossoms into something much deeper.

When her new man receives a call in the middle of the night and leaves in a hurry, she is horrified when he returns with someone she never thought she would see again. It soon becomes obvious that Lexi doesn't know her new lover as well as she thought, and she is forced to make a decision that will have devastating results . . .

Running Scared is a gritty urban thriller set in Manchester from bestselling author Mandasue Heller.

About the Author

From the back streets of Manchester to the nightclubs and penthouses of the beautiful people, Mandasue Heller, author of the top ten bestseller Run, knows the world she writes. Born in Warrington, she moved to Manchester in the 1980s, where she found the inspiration for her novels. She spent ten years living in the infamous Hulme Crescents and was a professional singer for many years before turning her hand to writing.

She has three children and three grandchildren, and still writes and records songs with her musician partner, Wingrove Ward, between books.

Reviews
Heller doesn't mince words; her gritty plots create a Manchester underworld to rival Martina Cole's raw and rough East End * Peterborough Evening Telegraph *
Mandasue has played a real blinder with this fantastic novel -- Martina Cole on Forget Me Not
Captivating from first page to last -- Jeffery Deaver on Lost Angel



Book Information
ISBN 9781529024326
Author Mandasue Heller
Format Paperback
Page Count 416
Imprint Pan Books
Publisher Pan Macmillan
Weight(grams) 292g
Dimensions(mm) 196mm * 129mm * 28mm