The Game by Mandasue Heller

The Game by Mandasue Heller

'One of the bad girls of gritty crime' Daily Mirror A gritty tale of hard time, hard men and hard drugs for fans of Martina Cole, Dreda Say Mitchell and Kerry Barnes. When Mary's mother throws her out, the sassy teenager soon learns how tough life can be. Her new friend Lynne is older, more sophisticated. She has a taste for cocaine and isn't above walking the streets for extra cash to pay for it. Mary sticks to a straighter path, until the night Lynne brings Ali and Raiz back to their flat. The women don't know that their sexy new friends are small-time criminals, desperate for alibis for a drug-dealer's murder. All too soon, Mary is in more trouble than she can handle. Can her old friend Jane's risky scheme save Mary? Or has her fate been sealed by falling for the wrong man? 'A cracking read that will chill you to the bone' Sun on Two-Faced 'Mandasue has played a real blinder with this fantastic novel' Martina Cole on Forget-Me-Not

'Mandasue has played a real blinder with this fantastic novel' Martina Cole on FORGET ME NOT * Martina Cole on Forget Me Not *
Cracking page-turner ... a gritty compassionate account of life on the margins. * Manchester Evening News on FORGET ME NOT *
Gripping ... powerful writing. * Scotland on Sunday on FORGET ME NOT *
Alarming and beguiling ... curiously exhilarating. * Scotsman on THE FRONT *

Mandasue was born in Cheshire and moved to Manchester in 1982. She spent ten years living in the notorious Hulme Crescents which have since become the background to her novels.
Not only is she a talented writer, but she has also sung in cabaret and rock groups, seventies soul cover bands and blues jam bands.

SKU	Unavailable
ISBN 13	9780340735077
ISBN 10	0340735074
Title	The Game
Author	Mandasue Heller
Condition	Unavailable
Binding Type	Paperback
Publisher	Hodder & Stoughton
Year published	2005-07-18
Number of pages	432
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