Witness

b>Dark and gritty, Witness is a heart-pounding thriller set in Manchester by bestselling author Mandasue Heller./b>Holly Evans and her over-protective mother, Josie, are living a hand-to-mouth existence, moving constantly from one squalid dump to the next. When they move into an illegally sub-let council flat in Manchester's rough Lansdowne Estate, Holly finally feels settled for the first time in her life - even if she is forbidden to go out, or even open the front door to callers when her mum's at work due to fear of eviction. Increasingly cut off from friends at school, she soon feels isolated and alone in the world.But Holly is about to make a new friend in Suzie - the glamorous woman who lives directly across the road who Holly witnesses being beaten up by her violent boyfriend. When it happens a second time, it's Holly that Suzie turns to for help. A bond is quickly formed between the pair, but there are things about Suzie that don't quite add up and Holly begins to suspect that there is more to this woman than meets the eye. Then Holly makes a shocking discovery about her past which turns her entire world upside down, and she no longer knows who she can trust . . .

Product details

• Authors: Mandasue Heller
• Publisher: Macmillan
• Languages: English
• Product format: Hardback
• Released: 31.08.2020
• EAN: 9781529024265
• ISBN: 978-1-5290-2426-5
• No. of pages: 400
• Dimensions: 162 mm x 242 mm x 40 mm
• Subjects: Fiction > Suspense; Modern & contemporary fiction (post c 1945), FICTION / Crime, Crime & mystery, FICTION / Thrillers / Crime, Lancashire, Greater Manchester, Merseyside, FICTION / Thrillers / Domestic, FICTION / Urban & Street Lit