Forget Me Not
by Mandasue Heller
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'Mandasue has played a real blinder with this fantastic novel' Martina Cole 'Captivating from first page to last' Jeffery Deaver A serial killer is hunting for women on Manchester's Westy Lane. Every time there is a murder, a tiny blue flower is found on the torn body of the victim. Lisa Noone, twelve years old and wise beyond her years, lives too close for comfort to Westy Lane. Not only that, but her mother is a member of the oldest profession in the book. Their lives are far from perfect, show more but they will always have each other. Or will they? One night Benny arrives in Lisa's life. Tall dark, the most gorgeous man she's ever seen, Benny is not all he seems. While Lisa savours true love, Benny wants more from her than she will ever know. 'One of the bad girls of gritty crime' Daily Mirror 'A cracking read that will chill you to the bone' Sun on Two-Faced show lessTags
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Lisa Noone is twelve years old and lives with her mother Pat. Pat is one tough cookie and makes ends meet by the only profession she knows, the old one. They live on a tough estate in Manchester where there is a killer on the lose known as the ‘Forget me Knot killer’. One night at the youthy disco Lisa meets Benny who will make an big impression on her.
My Thoughts:
On the front cover of the book Martina Cole says that Mandasue has played a blinder with a fantastic novel. Well it is fair to say that if you like Martina Cole then the reader should enjoy Mandasue Heller as they are the same genre. I have to say that I enjoy Martina Cole and I did to a certain extent enjoy this book.
I don’t think that MH is as gritty as MC but she is show more getting there. I found this book a lot milder than MC and there wasn’t an over use of the very bad language that MC is known to use in her books.
The story I quite enjoyed which focused on Lisa and her mom and the lives that they live. I did feel because a lot of the story was about Lisa that I felt at times I was watching an episode of ‘Grange Hill’. There was quite a few chunks in the book that were about Lisa and her mates down the youthy and fighting over fellas.
Minor Spoiler
The book is a thriller with a killer on the lose and I did find that if the police in this book were real then I don’t know how any perp would ever get caught. One instance is when Pat is attacked and left for the dead the police breaking down the door didn’t check on her condition and it was the quick thinking of the detective Seddon who thought to check for a pulse and guess what….Pat has a pulse.
I did find that all the characters did have their own ending so the book finished all nice and neat rather than the reader being left wondering what could have happened.
Apart from the many flaws and some of the book being very unrealistic at times the story wasn’t bad at all. There was enough for me to keep going. I do have another couple of books by MH on my shelf that are quite destined for the charity shop just yet. show less
My Thoughts:
On the front cover of the book Martina Cole says that Mandasue has played a blinder with a fantastic novel. Well it is fair to say that if you like Martina Cole then the reader should enjoy Mandasue Heller as they are the same genre. I have to say that I enjoy Martina Cole and I did to a certain extent enjoy this book.
I don’t think that MH is as gritty as MC but she is show more getting there. I found this book a lot milder than MC and there wasn’t an over use of the very bad language that MC is known to use in her books.
The story I quite enjoyed which focused on Lisa and her mom and the lives that they live. I did feel because a lot of the story was about Lisa that I felt at times I was watching an episode of ‘Grange Hill’. There was quite a few chunks in the book that were about Lisa and her mates down the youthy and fighting over fellas.
Minor Spoiler
The book is a thriller with a killer on the lose and I did find that if the police in this book were real then I don’t know how any perp would ever get caught. One instance is when Pat is attacked and left for the dead the police breaking down the door didn’t check on her condition and it was the quick thinking of the detective Seddon who thought to check for a pulse and guess what….Pat has a pulse.
I did find that all the characters did have their own ending so the book finished all nice and neat rather than the reader being left wondering what could have happened.
Apart from the many flaws and some of the book being very unrealistic at times the story wasn’t bad at all. There was enough for me to keep going. I do have another couple of books by MH on my shelf that are quite destined for the charity shop just yet. show less
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