num_pages: 384
description: Life is dangerous when you have everything to lose. Famous beautiful and talented Heike Gunn has the world at her feet. Then one day she simply vanishes. Meanwhile journalist Jack Parlabane has lost everything: his career his marriage his self-respect. A call for help from an old friend offers a chance for redemption  but only if he can find out what happened to Heike. Pursued by those who would punish him for past crimes Parlabane enters the secret-filled world of Heikes band Savage Earth Heart a group at breaking point. Each of its members seems to be hiding something not least its newest recruit Monica Halcrow whose alleged relationship with Heike has become a public obsession. Monicas own story however reveals a far darker truth. Fixated on Heike from day one she has been engulfed by paranoia jealousy and fear as she discovers the hidden price of fame. From Berlin to Barcelona from the streets of Milan to remote Scottish islands Parlabane must dredge up old secrets to find Heike before its too late.
language: English
title: Dead Girl Walking
publisher: Atlantic Monthly Press