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The Charmer: Danger lurks in the smoothest talker Kindle Edition

by Mandasue Heller (Author) Format: Kindle Edition
4.2 out of 5 stars 1,754 ratings

'One of the bad girls of gritty crime' Daily Mirror

Maria Price is a survivor of the care system who thought she would never have a family or security again. She's just inherited a house and a bank account, and things appear to be looking up.

Joel Parry - good-looking, charming and a wonderful lover - seems to know everyone who is anyone in Manchester. He just happens to need a place to stay.

Before long Joel moves into Maria's house and is helping her to spend her money. But he isn't what he seems to be. Deep in the drug scene, his terrifying past is about to catch up with him - and the naïve girl who trusts him . . .

 '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

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  1. Print length
    389 pages
  2. Language
    English
  3. Publisher
    Orion
  4. Accessibility
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  5. Publication date
    3 Sept. 2009
  6. File size
    1.1 MB
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daily mirror; box set reading; crime and thriller bestsellers; best crime 2020
jeffery deaver; fiona barton; fiona cummins; manchester crime; northern crime; british crime; gritty

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queenie; jacqui rose; boxest; dani oakley; roberta kray; poison; the knock; lynda la plante

peaky blinders; female crime; thriller; crime; bestseller; run; brutal; witness; save me

sunday times bestseller; best crime 2020; thriller 2019; gang novel; emma tallon; Dreda Say Mitchell
guardian; crimnal underworld; british crime; british gangster; female gangster

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Mandasue has played a real blinder with this fantastic novel. (Martina Cole on FORGET ME NOT)

Alarming and beguiling . . . curiously exhilarating. (Scotsman on THE FRONT)

Gripping . . . powerful writing. (Scotland on Sunday on FORGET ME NOT)

Cracking page-turner . . . a gritty compassionate account of life on the margins. (Manchester Evening News on FORGET ME NOT)

About the Author

Mandasue was born in Cheshire and moved to Manchester in 1982. She spent ten years living in the notorious Hulme Cresecents 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.

Product details

  • ASIN ‏ : ‎ B002V092LU
  • Publisher ‏ : ‎ Orion
  • Accessibility ‏ : ‎ Learn more
  • Publication date ‏ : ‎ 3 Sept. 2009
  • Language ‏ : ‎ English
  • File size ‏ : ‎ 1.1 MB
  • Screen Reader ‏ : ‎ Supported
  • Enhanced typesetting ‏ : ‎ Enabled
  • X-Ray ‏ : ‎ Not Enabled
  • Word Wise ‏ : ‎ Enabled
  • Print length ‏ : ‎ 389 pages
  • ISBN-13 ‏ : ‎ 978-1848943025
  • Page Flip ‏ : ‎ Enabled
  • Customer reviews:
    4.2 out of 5 stars 1,754 ratings

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Mandasue Heller

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Thanks for visiting my author page. My 20th book, The Family, comes out July 18th 2024, and Is available to pre-order now, in hardback, e-book and audio.

Before I became a writer, I was a singer and an actress, and various other things along the way, including barmaid, waitress, pharmacy assistant and phone-line tarot card reader. I now write full time, both books and scripts, and I also still write and record songs when the mood takes me.

You can reach me directly on Facebook, Twitter and Instagram.

For business enquiries, please contact my publishers: Orion; or my agent at Curtis Brown.

Thanks again for popping in! Mandasue x

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  • J. Walsh
    5.0 out of 5 stars The Charmer
    Reviewed in the United Kingdom on 3 November 2005
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    If you have never read any of Mandisues novels before then do yourself a favour and try them. They are gritty, witty and very readable. This is all about an orphan girl who inherits a house back in her native Manchester and decides (against her better judgement) to go back there to live, enter Joel, great looking but dark and sinister. Will Maria get caught up in his trail of distruction.......of course she will!!! Read on. Highly recommended
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  • Amazon Customer
    4.0 out of 5 stars Good
    Reviewed in the United Kingdom on 3 October 2017
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    Starts very slowly but stay with it. What you think or are led to what will happen I guarantee youll be wrong. It has you caught up in the most unlikely way and it will have you intrigued. Good read
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  • christine davidson
    5.0 out of 5 stars You don’t want to put it down
    Reviewed in the United Kingdom on 21 April 2025
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    This is a very good book as is all from this author
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  • Tracey Lewis
    3.0 out of 5 stars Three Stars
    Reviewed in the United Kingdom on 30 April 2017
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    Not one of her best but readable
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  • Jean Fyffe
    5.0 out of 5 stars Another gripping read!
    Reviewed in the United Kingdom on 7 May 2024
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    Mandasue Heller never disappoints. Absolutely love her style of writing and another unputdownable book sadly finished but thankfully I’ve still a few of her books to read. What an author!
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  • diana
    4.0 out of 5 stars Interesting
    Reviewed in the United Kingdom on 25 March 2017
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    Good book but ending weak would have liked a better final chapter relating to Adam and his departure if he got caught or not.
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  • Kindle Customer
    5.0 out of 5 stars Gripping
    Reviewed in the United Kingdom on 29 February 2020
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    A rags to riches story with a difference. Our sweet heroin so in love is blinded by her charming boyfriend. Her life is turned upside down as the tale progresses. The ending is completely unexpected. I was kept on the edge of my seat throughout. A must read.
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  • yorroyoo
    5.0 out of 5 stars GREAT
    Reviewed in the United Kingdom on 4 July 2024
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    GREAT
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  • Amazon Customer
    5.0 out of 5 stars The Charmer by Mandasue Heller
    Reviewed in the United States on 13 November 2013
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    Mandasue Heller seems to always write novels that are compelling, and very hard to put down. This book is no exception.
    I love her style of writing, a no nonsense way, not at all flowery or unrealistic. There is only one thing I will say I hope there is a sequel to this book........please.
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  • Carol
    4.0 out of 5 stars Slow to start but got much better
    Reviewed in the United States on 7 December 2014
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    I really enjoyed this book- I have read quite a few of Mandasue's books, and was happy that this one didn't disappoint.
    It did start off a little slowly, I thought, but the pace picked up quickly and I read the whole thing in a day.
    I try not to say too much about the storyline, as I don't want to spoil it for others, but I can say that there was plenty of action, a bit of violence and a bit of sex, so all in all a good, interesting read.
    I wished there had been a bit more gruesome details towards the end, when the villains got what they deserved, but other than that I thoroughly enjoyed the whole thing.
    Highly recommend this one.
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  • Angela Mellor
    2.0 out of 5 stars Dont start this book as the end will leave you wanting.
    Reviewed in the United States on 12 May 2014
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    Story line was excellent up to the last 10 % - then it just became riddiculous and the ending fell away presumably as the Author will write a follow up. Very dissapointed
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