I would of gave Afraid more than 5 stars id I could have. Mandasue Heller is right at the top of her game with this very frightening new novel AFRAID. I have never read a book by Mandasue Heller before. I totally recommend AFRAID to all crime readers. If you have not put this novel on to read list now is the time to do so. Afraid is about a fifteen-year old girl, Skye who is going through hell at home as her mother stabs her father. Social workers put her in a home that is more like a jail than a home. As the girls make trouble for Skye in the home she has been sent to Skye runs away into the hands of a friend she has met through the internet chat room. It is heart breaking that young girls believe who they are talking to on the internet. Afraid has your heart racing wondering what will happen next. It is a very sad story that touches your heart as it doesn't matter where Skye goes she is always surrounded by trouble. I hope everyone will buy this and enjoy reading it as much as I have.