Running Scared

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

<p><b>Set in urban Manchester, <i>Running Scared</i> is a nerve-shredding thriller by bestselling author Mandasue Heller.</b><br><br>When teenager Alexis &lsquo;Lexi&rsquo; James falls out with her best mate Nicole over &lsquo;bad boy&rsquo; Ryan King, it&rsquo;s just the beginning of a chain of events that go from bad to worse to deadly.<br><br>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.<br><br>Years later, Lexi has left school and is back in Manchester. A chance meeting with Nicole and her so-called &lsquo;other half&rsquo; 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.<br><br>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&rsquo;t know her new lover as well as she thought, and she is forced to make a decision that will have devastating results . . .<br><br><b>'Heller doesn&rsquo;t mince words, her gritty plots create a Manchester underworld to rival Martina Cole&rsquo;s raw and rough East End &ndash; <i>Peterborough Evening Telegraph</i></b></p>