A famous victim. A locked room. Dark secrets. For DS Ballantyne, murder isn’t black and white. DS Kat Ballantyne came to the crime-writing festival for an escape.Instead she’s walked straight into a murder scene. Moments before he’s due on stage, a famous novelist is found dead in a locked room.It looks like natural causes, but Kat sees tiny clues that suggest murder.As she investigates, she uncovers literary rivalries, personal vendettas and hidden agendas.Is there anyone who didn’t have a motive to murder Mark Swift?As the case takes a turn for the darker, Kat finds herself in a world where the line between right and wrong is blurred.Can she bring Swift’s killer to justice? And, if so, should she?