Mandasue Heller Books in Order

Four old school friends plan an easy supermarket robbery on a Manchester estate, only to discover the shop is a front for a far bigger criminal operation. Their botched heist drags them and their families into lethal underworld trouble.

On Manchester’s Westy Lane, a killer leaves a tiny blue flower on every woman he murders. Twelve-year-old Lisa Noone fears her sex-worker mother will be next, until a charming stranger walks into their lives with secrets of his own.

Seven-year-old Sarah is dumped in care by her drug-addicted mother, while Harry is the bullied boy nobody wants. Their intense childhood bond, and the arrival of calculating teenager Vinnie Walker, tie them to a future steeped in violence and betrayal.

Care-leaver Maria Price suddenly inherits a house and a healthy bank balance, finally offering security. Then charismatic Joel Parry moves in, spending her money while hiding deep ties to Manchester’s drug scene, and Maria realises too late she’s invited danger home.

Thrown out by her mother, Mary moves in with party-loving Lynne, who funds her cocaine habit on the streets. When Lynne brings home two small-time crooks needing alibis for murder, Mary is pulled into a dangerous game she can’t control.

Jenna Lorde inherits Zenith, her late father’s high-profile Manchester nightclub, and is determined to keep it thriving. Beneath the VIP glamour she finds drugs, corruption and predatory men, and must fight dirty to save both the club and herself.

Small-time TV star Larry Logan is gutted when his show is axed, so he grudgingly fronts a fake game show that is really a police sting. As the programme takes off, the dangerous criminals he helped trap come looking for payback.

After schoolgirl Nicky Day flees a gang of bullies, her little brother accidentally starts a fire—and Nicky disappears. Her single mum and absent father are blamed and torn apart by suspicion while the clock ticks on finding Nicky alive.

Glamorous, reckless Mia becomes a model flirting with illegal thrills, while her quieter twin Michelle trains as a social worker. When disaster hits, Michelle is pushed to impersonate her sister, sparking jealousy, obsession and a dangerous struggle over identity and love.

New arrival Joe Weeks keeps his head down on the tough Grange Estate and takes a driving job for feared dealer Eddie Quinn. Meeting Katya, a trafficked sex worker desperate to escape, forces Joe to choose between survival and doing what’s right.

Chancer Johnny Conroy marries into the Hynes family, whose business is stealing cars, and soon realises he’ll never leave alive. His only joy is daughter Angel, but when she falls for Johnny’s new employee Ryan, old secrets ignite with explosive consequences.

Amy has always forgiven her feckless husband Mark, until his gambling debts bring a brutal collector to their door. With another woman circling Mark and her children at risk, Amy must toughen up fast or lose everything that matters.

Bright Manchester teenager Chantelle wants exam passes and a way off the estate, but her mum vanishes to Spain, leaving her to raise wild nine-year-old brother Leon. When Leon falls in with a gang, debt, knives and drug money crash into her flat.

Fifteen-year-old Skye is dumped in a grim children’s home after her mother’s shocking crime blows their family apart. Lonely and desperate, she turns to an online friend for help—only to step straight into the hands of a much older predator.

Heartbroken and broke, Leanne Riley is rebuilding her life in a dingy bedsit when she meets Jake, a transformed face from her past. Their whirlwind romance feels like a miracle, until cracks appear and Jake’s hidden side turns deadly.

When Ellie Fisher misses her train home, she instead talks a young man called Gareth out of suicide, believing she’s saved a life. As Gareth grows clingy and intense, Ellie starts to wonder whether she has invited danger in.

Grieving widower Frank Peters lives quietly on the Yorkshire Moors until he finds terrified Irena hiding on his farm. She has escaped traffickers who forced her into prostitution, and by sheltering her Frank draws violent, organised criminals straight to his door.

Teenager Holly Evans and her anxious mother Josie keep moving, hiding from a past they refuse to explain. In an illegally sub-let Manchester flat Holly befriends glamorous neighbour Suzie and witnesses her abuse, just as the people hunting her family close in.

As a teen, Lexi James returns to her high-rise flat and faces a scene so horrific it shatters her life and sends her into care. Years later, back in Manchester, a new relationship pulls old enemies and old fears into her present.

When Isla Hanson’s older husband Jerry dies, he leaves his entire estate to her and a circle of resentful, wealthy friends. At the funeral a stranger arrives with a child, forcing Isla to confront the possibility that Jerry lived a secret double life.