Publisher's Synopsis
Giacomo Cassano, a thirteenth-century writer, believed that creative people, with great gifts given by God, have to pay a terrible price for them. Bestselling biographer Megan Hunter's new book about Cassano promises to be a success. But when Megan's editor is horrifically murdered, Detective Inspector David Birch finds no evidence to link another human being with the death. The crime scene divulges destroyed copies of Megan's book about Cassano, and pulverised pages from horror writer John Paxton's latest blockbuster. Links between the two writers are investigated, but as DI Birch sifts through the evidence he begins to suspect that the answer lies elsewhere. As the death toll mounts, he discovers links he could never have imagined, and answers beyond not just belief, but sanity itself...
