Million-copy bestselling crime writer Mandasue Heller will appeal to all Martina Cole fans with her trademark mix of grit and glamour.

Mandasue Heller 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.