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Fabulously wealthy entrepreneur Sir William Benedict has always dreamed of being accepted amongst society's elite, despite his working class roots. When fast-rising Tory MP Andrew Maynard enters his life, William suddenly finds that he has gained the social status that he has always craved. But when a political scandal erupts around him, William is shunned by the socialites he once called friends, and his reputation is left in tatters. Now the worm is ready to turn . . .With the help of the wild and enigmatic Justin Chalmers and his exquisite yet reclusive sister Laura, William's island paradise will become the scene of his revenge. 'No one does this kind of brisk thriller better' Eve 'It takes real skill to produce popular writing such as this' Crime Time

Lynda La Plante has written six previous novels, all of them international bestsellers. She became a household name after the phenomenally successful 'Widows' on television in the mid-Eighties and in the Nineties with the award-winning 'Prime Suspect'.