Anonymous letters arrive at Ellie's Cornish cottage - each one containing words cut from the pages of her debut novel. At first, she dismisses them as the work of an overzealous admirer. Big mistake!The messages grow sinister, mirroring her plot with chilling precision. Ellie realizes this is not the work of a fan. Someone is methodically bringing her fiction to life - where the next chapter ends in murder.Desperate, she turns to her friend Loveday for help. But when a body is discovered, the evidence points to Ellie.As Loveday's partner, DCI Sam Kitto, builds what appears to be an airtight case against her friend, her loyalty is torn between the man she loves and the friend she refuses to believe capable of murder.Loveday must unravel the truth before the killer writes the final chapter - one in which someone else will pay with their life
