cover image Dead Alone

Dead Alone

Gay Longworth. Minotaur Books, $24.95 (336pp) ISBN 978-0-312-31061-5

In Gay Longworth's (Bimba; Wicked Peace) U.S. debut, Dead Alone, introducing DI Jessie Driver, the hip London homicide detective investigates the case of a headless skeleton the Thames washes up-with silicon breast implants in the rib cage. When the remains are identified as those of B-movie actress Verity Shore, Jessie finds herself attracted to the chief suspect, the victim's husband, rock star P.J. Dean.