Witness

<p><b>Dark and gritty, <i>Witness</i> is a heart-pounding thriller set in Manchester by bestselling author Mandasue Heller.</b><br><br>Teenager 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, Holly feels settled for the first time in her life &ndash; even if she is forbidden to go out, or even open the front door when her mum&rsquo;s at work. What exactly are they hiding from?<br><br>Then Holly has a falling out with her best friend, and suddenly finds herself becoming increasingly isolated and alone in the world. But she is about to make a new friend in Suzie &ndash; the glamorous woman who lives directly across the road, who Holly witnesses being beaten up by her violent boyfriend.<br><br>But whoever Holly and Josie have been running from is about to find them, and nothing will ever be the same again.<br><br>You can only run for so long. And some will kill for your silence . . .<br><br><b>'Heller doesn&rsquo;t mince words, her gritty plots create a Manchester underworld to rival Martina Cole&rsquo;s raw and rough East End' &ndash; <i>Peterborough Evening Telegraph</i></b></p>