When Isaac Naylor committed suicide after a teenage fan was found dead in his hotel room, the world thought it had lost one of the greatest rock stars of a generation. Naylor, lead singer of The Ospreys, had been arrested for causing the girl's death and was on police bail when he drowned himself in the sea off the Devon coast, leaving two notes addressed to his bandmates and his younger brother, Toby, discarded on the beach.
Now, eight years on, music journalist Natalie Glass stumbles across a blind item on a US gossip website that suggests Naylor's death wasn't quite what it seemed - and he might in fact still be alive. The item claims he is the mystery songwriter who has for the past year been submitting lyrics to producers in London via his lawyer for other artists to record. He insists on anonymity and the only person who knows his identity is the lawyer.
But as she delves deeper into what happened, the plot to stop her intensifies and Natalie finds she has a stark choice: give up trying to find out what happened to Naylor or risk her own obituary ending up in print.
Publisher: Orion Publishing Co
ISBN: 9781409193463
Number of pages: 352
Weight: 240 g
Dimensions: 198 x 128 x 30 mm
A twisting tale about the dark undercurrents of fame and fortune. You'll read THE DEATH OF ME with your heart in your mouth. - Erin Kelly
A cat and mouse game of a novel where nobody and nothing is as it seems, all set in the seedy world of music. Topped off with a twist you definitely won't see coming. - Araminta Hall
So cleverly done ... Michelle's trademark plotting is combined brilliantly with the rising tension. - Harriet Tyce
Oh I do love a good, twisty, thriller and this one is certainly full of mystery and misdirection, with a story that hooked. me right off the bat and kept me riveted to the very last page. Drawing on the author's... More
Isaac Naylor was a big deal, a headline grabbing (not always for the right reasons) lead singer of one of the biggest bands around. Then there was an incident. A girl was found dead in his hotel room. Naylor was... More
I have read and loved some of Michelle Davies's previous novels including one from her DC Maggie Neville series so I was looking forward to reading this, The Death of Me. Natalie Glass is a music journalist who... More
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