A Moment of Madness
A Mystery
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- $12.99
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- $12.99
Publisher Description
For journalist John Kelly, the violent death of local celebrity and rock superstar Scott Silver promises to be the best story he's seen since his days on Fleet Street. With a little work he may even turn it into the second chance he's been looking for all these years.
DCI Karen Meadows isn't so sure her old friend Kelly is seeing clearly. The prime suspect lies dead next to Silver, and his alluring widow, Angel, claims she killed the intruder in self-defense. Wherever the truth lies, Karen knows the hordes of tabloid press, not to mention her own bosses, have their own distinct agenda.
Kelly can't let the story lie and, digging deeper, he unveils an intense and complex tale of intrigue and deception. For him, it all centers on Angel Silver, the volatile but stunningly attractive woman who is prepared to confide only in him. But as Kelly falls deeper and deeper under her hypnotic spell, the question soon becomes just what price she'll demand for the exclusive access she has granted the reporter. And will Kelly be able to resist Angel's relentless seduction, both personal and professional, and get a handle on his priorities before further violent events unfold?
PUBLISHERS WEEKLY
This twisty, gripping mystery marks a return to form for British author Bonner after 2005's disappointing When the Dead Cry Out. Award-winning Fleet Street journalist John Kelly, an old friend of Bonner's series heroine, DCI Karen Meadows, has fallen from grace as a result of his addictions and is now a reporter for a small Devon newspaper. Meadows gives Kelly a tip regarding the murder of rock superstar Scott Silver, who was apparently stabbed in his Torquay home by an intruder, who was himself stabbed to death by Silver's wife, Angel, in self-defense or so Angel claims. Tired of covering such mundane matters as council meetings, Kelly uses his personal history with the widow to get an exclusive interview, but doing so launches him further down the road to self-destruction. While the truth of the double killing becomes obvious early on, Bonner adds another murder toward the end whose solution will shock many.
