Stephen Bryan, a gay academic, is found violently murdered in his bathroom. Police detectives Will Grayson and Helen Walker believe, at first, that his death is the result of an ill-judged sexual encounter: rough trade gone wrong. But as they look further into Bryan's life, their initial assumptions change. What, if anything, did his ex-lover have to do with his death? Is Bryan another victim of a spate of homophobic attacks which are plaguing the East Midlands? Bryan's laptop and his notes have gone missing - could the murder be connected to a biography he was writing on the life and mysterious death of fifties screen legend, Stella Leonard? Bryan's sister, Lesley, sees a connection between the biography and her brother's death. Stella Leonard's family is rich and influential and want whatever Bryan dug up to remain buried. But is whatever they're hiding reason enough to commit murder? As Lesley undertakes her own investigation, both she and Helen Walker become victims of the violence that swirls around them, and only gradually does the investigation peel away the secrets of a family corrupted by lust, wealth and power.
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John Harvey
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