Brutal

When Frank Peters' wife Maureen dies, he feels that his once-idyllic life on the Yorkshire Moors is over. And with a daughter emigrating to Australia and a son who has his own marital problems, Frank feels resigned to a life of loneliness. Then one night he finds a frightened young woman hiding at the back of his farmhouse. She explains that her name is Irena and was brought to this country by a man who promised her the world and then forced her into prostitution.

Frank offers her a bed for the night but it's the middle of winter, and when heavy snowfall prevents her from leaving the next day, he's forced to extend the invitation. But the longer Irena stays, the easier it gets for the men she's trying to escape from to find her.

People-trafficking could just be the tip of the iceberg, and Frank has no idea what these people are really capable of.

PRAISE FOR MANDASUE HELLER

'Mandasue has played a real blinder with this fantastic novel'
Martina Cole on Forget Me Not

'One of the bad girls of gritty crime, Heller has written a blinder'
Daily Mirror

About the author

Mandasue Heller

Summary

Set between Manchester and the Yorkshire Moors, Brutal is a gritty thriller from the bestselling author Mandasue Heller.

Foreword

Brutal is a gritty thriller by the bestselling author Mandasue Heller.

Additional text

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Product details

• Authors: Mandasue Heller
• Publisher: Macmillan
• Languages: English
• Age Recommendation: from age 18
• Product format: Paperback / Softback
• Released: 30.09.2019
• EAN: 9781447288428
• ISBN: 978-1-4472-8842-8
• No. of pages: 368
• Subjects: Fiction > Suspense; Modern & contemporary fiction (post c 1945), FICTION / Crime, Crime & mystery, Manchester, Lancashire, Greater Manchester, Merseyside, Crime and mystery fiction, ‘Street’ fiction, c 2010 to c 2019, FICTION / Urban & Street Lit