Publisher's Synopsis
A battle for power and success in the literary world between two brilliant and fiercely ambitious women, willing to do anything to achieve their dreams of glory.
Martha Daniels has just finished writing her manuscript and dreams of becoming a successful novelist. Then, when she runs into an old acquaintance from her past named Shelly Stewart, a temp working as a first reader at a large publishing house, the opportunity is too good to pass up! Martha strikes a deal with Shelly to ensure that her novel is published. Everything would have turned out fine, if only there hadn't been this darkness in Martha's soul. Seduced by the lure of power and fame, Martha gets carried away by the violence of her feelings and murders Shelly in cold blood. However, it seems Shelly might not be dead after all...
