Lindsay Gordon investigates the murder of a bestselling author and discovers that, beneath the glittering facade, the London publishing world is a hotbed of seething rivalries, soured relationships and desperate power plays. Fifth in the series. Why would anyone want to kill Penny Varnavides, bestselling author of the 'Teen Dreams' series? Her demise can't be the freak accident it first appeared - it's 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 Only three people knew the plot of Penny's unpublished novel: her literary agent, her editor and her ex-girlfriend Meredith. In an effort to clear Meredith, Lindsay Gordon delves beneath the glittering facade of the seemingly glamorous world of London publishing in search of a murderer. While hobnobbing with industry notables, Lindsay encounters an unsavoury mix of soured relationships, desperate power plays, underhanded fraud, and seething rivalries. Who, amongst this sordid group, wanted Penny Varnavides dead? * Originally published in the late '80s and '90s, these were groundbreaking crime thrillers about a lesbian investigative journalist set in Glasgow * Val McDermid is one of the hottest crime writers in contemporary crime fiction - her novels are consistent Top 10 Sunday Times bestsellers. * Television adaptation of Val McDermid's Karen Pirie series 2 is set to air next year Competition: In too Deep, midnight and blue, the Black Loch,What Night Brings, In a Place of Darkness.

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