Mandasue Heller

eBook, ePUB

The Family (eBook, ePUB)

'Gripping and unputdownable - Mandasue Heller's best yet. Loved it!' (Kimberley Chambers)

Beschreibung

HER BOYFRIEND'S A DREAM. HIS FAMILY'S A NIGHTMARE. Since her mother died of an overdose, kind-hearted Cheryl's always had to look out for herself. Until Dale Moran walks into her life. Dale and his family have just bought the house across the street, and within a day, he's chased off the violent thugs who've been threatening Cheryl for her ex-boyfriend's debts. Dale is devastatingly handsome and a fierce protector. It's no wonder Cheryl falls fast and hard. But when Cheryl finally meets the family; when she notices that they go quiet as she enters rooms; when she hears gunshots in the middle of the night on their estate, she has to wonder whether her new romance has taken her out of the frying pan and into the fire... Cheryl's not sure how wrapped up Dale is in his family's secrets. But she's certain of one thing: The Morans are hiding something. And unfortunately for Cheryl, finding the truth could mean losing her life... Don't miss out on the thrilling and unputdownable new read from million-copy-bestselling author Mandasue Heller - order a copy of The Family NOW! Perfect for fans of Kimberley Chambers, Jessie Keane and Martina Cole. Read what everyone is saying about The Family: 'Wow wow wow! Mandasue had some serious fire in her belly and her twisted mind was on point when she wrote this book... I did not want this book to end!' Reader Review, ⭐⭐⭐⭐⭐ 'This mind-blowing read has it all for me. LOVED IT!!!' Reader Review, ⭐⭐⭐⭐⭐ 'Mandasue Heller is back!! Absolutely loved every minute of The Family, and what a family it was!!!... I didn't want it to end.' Reader Review, ⭐⭐⭐⭐⭐ 'Wow what an amazing book, I have loved of her previous books but this is on another level.' Reader Review, ⭐⭐⭐⭐⭐ 'Gritty, compelling and extremely difficult to put down... An absolutely brilliant book which I adored from beginning to end.' Reader Review, ⭐⭐⭐⭐⭐ 'Wow what a cracker!... The dynamics of the family are so believable that you can imagine how easy it is for this to happen. Excellent ending too.' Reader Review, ⭐⭐⭐⭐⭐ 'Wow what a page turning read!' Reader Review, ⭐⭐⭐⭐⭐ 'This was amazing!!! From the very first chapter all the way to the end. Didn't actually guess any of the twists that happened in this... what an amazing author she is.' Reader Review, ⭐⭐⭐⭐⭐

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Autor

I wrote my first book when I was taken ill and had to quit singing for a while. I based it in the Hulme Crescents, where I had spent 10 of some of the best and absolute worst years of my life. It was a squatters paradise when I moved in, and a notorious no-go zone for the police. Violent crimes were commonplace and drugs were rife. I saw a fair few friends get sucked into the hell of addiction - and lost too many of them because of it. Those were the bad times, but then the musicians and artists started moving in. A friend once described it as being like Glastonbury all year round, and it really was. I wanted to capture the spirit of the place in my writing - the good and the bad; but I quickly discovered that I couldn't write about real people. I'd start, but then I'd become conscious of what they might think of it and that would inhibit me. So I decided to take a stab at inventing characters instead, using the Crescents as the backdrop for their stories. And, guess what? It worked!

The Front, Forget Me Not and The Game were all set in the Crescents, but I expanded into different areas after that; some areas real, others fictitious. I took Brutal even further afield by setting it in a farmhouse in a remote part of Yorkshire. But I'm back on the mean streets of Manchester with the one I'm working on right now.

So that's me . . . From professional singer to full-time writer, with various other jobs in between: TV extra, barmaid, waitress, pharmacy assistant, phone-line tarot card reader, to name just a few. My children and grandchildren are my world, and my books come from the other-world that lives and breathes inside my twisted mind.

Produktdetails

• Verlag: Orion
• Seitenzahl: 368
• Erscheinungstermin: 18. Juli 2024
• Englisch
• ISBN-13: 9781398713406
• Artikelnr.: 69939587