Successful businesswoman Laura once called herself Crystal and worked the streets of Manchester. But when her business is attacked and the police have no leads, it's clear there's someone out there who hasn't forgotten who she used to be...
Heather Burnside Bücher
Heather Burnside gestaltet ihre Erzählungen aus den rauen Landschaften der Arbeiterklasse von Manchester, wobei sie stark auf ihre Erziehung in Gegenden zurückgreift, die für ihre herausfordernden sozialen Realitäten bekannt sind. Ihre Romane tauchen die Leser in authentische Darstellungen des Lebens in schwierigen Wohnsiedlungen ein und erforschen die Komplexität und Kämpfe ihrer Bewohner. Burnsides unverwechselbare Stimme bietet einen kraftvollen und unerschrockenen Einblick in diese Umgebungen, der sich durch direkte Prosa und ein scharfes Auge für menschliche Widerstandsfähigkeit auszeichnet. Ihre Arbeit besticht durch eine rohe Ehrlichkeit und spiegelt ein tiefes Verständnis der Gemeinschaften wider, die ihr Geschichtenerzählen prägen.
Vendetta
- 432 Seiten
- 16 Lesestunden
When Adele's brother, Peter, gets banged up for GBH she reluctantly agrees to run his nightclub. But strong opposition from Peter's thuggish number two, who isn't best pleased about answering to a woman, isn't the only challenge she faces.
It's a hard life working the streets, especially when those around her look to take advantage, but can the dream of one day finding her sister Kelsey keep Sapphire going?
The first book in Heather Burnside's latest series, The Working Girls series - set amongst the working girls of Manchester. When respected journalist, Maddy, goes to interview prostitutes in a rundown Manchester pub, she doesn't reckon on attracting the attention of their ruthless pimp...
With a mother unfit for purpose and a brother who despises her, working girl Amber can rely on no one but herself - until the meanest pimp in Manchester, Kevin Pike, offers her his protection.
The third book in Heather Burnside's latest series, The Working Girls series - set amongst the working girls of Manchester. Crystal engages on a revenge mission to rob, blackmail and expose her most depraved clients. But some of these men are highly dangerous...
Blood Ties
- 288 Seiten
- 11 Lesestunden
Adele Robinson is in prison, convicted for the murder of her abusive father. Her brother Peter is building his criminal empire on the outside, but when he gets involved in a bloody turf war it's only Adele who can help. Book 2 in the gritty trilogy which started with Born Bad.
Born Bad
- 288 Seiten
- 11 Lesestunden
Book 1 in this new Manchester crime trilogy. When your enemies get close, family loyalty is all you can trust.
Can she save him from himself? Growing up in one of Manchester's roughest council estates, teenager Mark (Macca) McNeil's life seems already written for him until together with mates Todd, Spinxy, Shay and Leroy they decide to commit to a life of crime and form a gang to make a name for themselves. This is the ticket out he has been waiting for but then, there is Joanne. They come from the same estate but she is a good girl, heading places. She loves his lavish gifts and the life he is promising her but she doesn't want to see what Macca is capable of. And if she does, what will Macca choose, love or money? The gang once saved him but now will it destroy everything else?
A standalone gangland thriller from the author of the Working Girls series. Years after surviving a vicious attack, Beth is plotting revenge on the man who tried to ruin her... Will her plan come together? Or, this time, will she lose everything for good?