A WRITER'S DREAM ASSIGNMENT TURNS TO NIGHTMARE

Lucy flies from New York to Dea, an exclusive village on the Spanish island of Mallorca. In his villa, the famous author Manolo awaits. Lucy needs the story of his life for a magazine. But is she willing to become the next wild chapter in his fierce, rampant, deluded life?

Drawing on Daphne du Maurier'sRebecca, and tearing at the scars of the Spanish Civil War, this is a novel to thrill your mind and quake your heart.

"A powerful, intense, incredibly frank and uncomfortably erotic portrait of a woman striving to find herself, an intelligent and strong woman who yet has weaknesses that make her vulnerable. The prose is beautiful even when the subject is dangerous." Crime Time Radio

"A brave and important book that reads like an engrossing thriller." Grace Nichols, author ofPassport to Here and There

"Febrile and frequently disturbing, it had me gripped right to the end." Mick Jackson, author ofThe Underground Man

"This is such a powerful, resonant work. If it doesn't reap dozens of literary prizes, then the literary world is as corrupt and supine as I've always believed it to be." Morning Star UK