Simon Kirby-Jones is not your typical British sleuth. Probably because he’s an American, southern born and bred and...dead. A vampire comfortably ensconced in the English village of Snupperton Mumsley, Simon has kept his discerning neighbors in the dark. Barring an overdose of garlic, he’ll live forever—but his fascination with murder will never die...

It’s Simon’s esteemed reputation as an auteur that brings him to the attention of Lady Hermione Kinsale. She needs another speaker for her week-long writers’ workshop.

Much to Simon’s surprise—and chagrin—bestselling mystery author Dorinda Darlington appears on the list of attendees. Simon knows first-hand how the reclusive author values her privacy...because Simon is Dorinda. The blatant impersonation has raised his hackles—and Simon’s fit to kill. But someone beats him to the punch. “Dorinda” is found dead, flattened by a stone urn pushed from the terrace.

Now cloistered with a killer, Simon tunes his heightened senses to the movements of his fellow authors. And as the workshop develops into a tension convention, Simon grows more determined to take a bite out of crime—before bloody murder claims another victim...