Lily Pascale gets a phone call out of the blue from her old friend Jess, a journalist selling true-life stories to a magazine. She has written a feature about three women who were stalked and now, on the day of publication, they've all been found murdered. She's in the frame and she needs a friend. Lily has her own reasons for wanting to escape from Devon, so she's on the next train to London. But when she gets there, Jess has gone. Where is Jess And what is the meaning of the mysterious message she left In order to find out, Lily has to begin picking her way through a confusing world of liars, cheats and charlatans. But who's telling the truth With the help of young artist Jon, tabloid hack Sarah and her father's girlfriend Star, Lily is about to find out...