Ursula is obsessed with Mason; and Mason is obsessed with Ursula. But their passion is strong - murderously strong. Two lovers, three murders, a vortex of eroticism and an intriguing deception, all set in a steamy, noir-ish Los Angeles . . . This is a smouldering sexual thriller, with echoes of James M. Cain, Raymond Chandler and all the finesse of the best traditions of European erotic writing.