Dead Famous

’Jilly Cooper meets Richard Osman’ Emily Gowers’Complex, compelling, funny and surprisingly sexy’ Graeme Garden

When rock legend Salvator is gunned down at a party with a gun that was supposedly a stage prop, the prime suspect is quickly cleared by veteran lawyer Leo Wengrowski. But the list of people who wanted Salvator dead is long-and tangled.

Was it one of his three wives?

Or the keyboard player in his band who is sleeping with the older of the star’s twin daughters?

Or his manager who had reason to be furious after Salvator rejected a lucrative deal pushed by US billionaire and AI promoter, Omega Skrim.

Then the manager turns up dead and the trail of bodies grows-and so does the chaos. Can Leo and his quirky team-including a sharp-eyed journalist and a sharper-nosed dog, Pumpernickel-uncover the truth?

After all, you can never entirely trust someone who doesn’t like dogs. Or who thinks artificial intelligence can replace imagination.