GONE TO GROUND

Will's first thought when he saw the man's face: it was like a glove thathad been pulled inside out...Stephen Bryan, a gay academic, is foundbrutally murdered in his bathroom. Will Grayson and Helen Walker, policedetectives investigating the case, at first assume that his death is theresult of an ill-judged sexual encounter: rough trade gone wrong. Butdoubts are soon raised. Bryan's laptop has gone missing - could the murderbe connected to a biography he was writing on the life and mysterious deathof fifties screen legend, Stella Leonard? Convinced there's a link, Bryan'ssister Lesley sets out to prove that Bryan had uncovered a dangerous truth,and that - desperate to keep it hidden - Stella Leonard's rich andinfluential family have silenced him. But soon both Lesley and HelenWalker find themselves victims of the violence that swirls around them, asgradually the investigation uncovers the secrets of a family corrupted bylust, wealth and power...