Rose and Mercy have been best friends since childhood, but their lives have taken very different directions. Mercy is now a sought-after model and artist, London at her feet, while Rose sells her body to the highest bidders in a high-class brothel. Until one day she is killed, literally, for kicks. And Mercy sets out to avenge the death of her only real friend. But the only witness to Rose’s death has disappeared and Mercy must turn to someone for help who himself has much to hide . . .
‘The images George Tiffin creates are striking, and the prose is resonant’ Times Literary Supplement
‘An entertaining, urbane thriller’ Vogue