A compelling journey along the dark, decadent halls of power?complete with seduction and intrigue?and finally to the terrifying truths behind the silence

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When journalist Laurie Forbes turns up on Beth Ashby's doorstep, minutes after Beth's husband, political highflier Colin Ashby, has been arrested for murder, neither can even begin to guess the shocking repercussions that have just been triggered in both their lives. Beth attempts to escape from her shattered life by throwing herself into the kind of reckless high living that seems destined for disaster, while Laurie finds herself being threatened, terrorized, and even taken prisoner for what she knows. As the dangerous truth draws closer, Laurie realizes that if she is to save Beth from those preparing to destroy her, she must put her trust in hated rival journalist Elliot Russell and face up to a ghost from the past.