A Lindsay Gordon mystery

Why would anyone want to kill Penny Varnavides, bestselling author of the 'Teen Dreams' series? Her demise is an exact replica of the murder method in her forthcoming book. Only three people knew the plot of Penny's unpublished novel: her literary agent, her editor and her ex-girlfriend Meredith. Lindsay Gordon delves beneath the glittering facade of the publishing world in search of a murderer.

Lindsay Gordon finds herself in a sordid world of blackmail, prostitution, lies and murder when she investigates the case of a former colleague jailed for killing a notorious Glaswegian journalist Alison Maxwell. Maxwell was a serial seductress who kept a secret record of her encounters - including one with Lindsay herself, and she knows all too well the feelings of rage, fear and passion that Alison could invoke.

Spraining an ankle is rarely a stroke of luck, but for Lindsay Gordon, jobless in Glasgow, the injury is her introduction to freelance journalist Rory McLaren. When a local car-dealer's stepson is kidnapped, Lindsay and Rory are invited to trade journalism for detection. But it soon becomes clear that Lindsay and Rory have stumbled into a bigger, more violent piece of business than either of them could have guessed – and one which will test Lindsay to her absolute limits.