Forget Me Not: Will he get to her next?

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Manchester's Westy Lane is no longer a safe haven for the working girl. A killer has made it his local hunting ground and leaving the police a very special gift - a tiny forget-me-not flower placed delicately in victims entrails. Lisa Noone is twelve years old and wise beyond her years. She lives in squalor, close to the ever-approaching poverty line. Pat Noone is her mother, a fearsome woman who just happens to be a member of the oldest profession in the book. Together their lives are far from perfect, but they will always have each other. Or will they?

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. Previous Books: THE FRONT (0 340 82024 1, 07/02)

Mandasue has played a real blinder with this great novel -- Martina Cole on Forget Me Not 20021010 'Exhilarating' -- Scotsman 20021117 The complicated plot is taut, the pace brisk. In all a very fine debut novel. More, please. -- Shots on The Front 20020806 'Alarming and beguiling...curiously exhilarating.' -- The Scotsman on The Front 20020806 'A confident take on the serial murder genre.' -- Irish News - Belfast 20030111 'Powerful writing' -- Scotland on Sunday 20030126 'One novel not to be forgotten in a hurry.' -- Belfast Newsletter 20030111 'Gripping' -- Scotland on Sunday 20030126