Quote:🌞 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, Lexi 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 . . .
🌞 Praise for Mandasue Heller:
'Thoroughly gripping' - The Guardian
'Alarming and beguiling . . . curiously exhilarating' - The Scotsman
'One of the bad girls of gritty crime' - Daily Mirror