Fame is a deadly game… Even if you win, you lose.

The dark, razor-sharp new thriller from the author of That Woman and Such a Good Mother.

'A whip-smart thriller about the price of fame' My Weekly

'Plunges readers into the cutthroat world of Hollywood, peeling back the veneer of celebrity and deftly exposing the dark side of fame and ruthless ambition' Lindsay Cameron

'A timely thriller' Woman's Own

'A pulse-pounding rollercoaster through the shadows of the silver screen' Jaclyn Goldis

April Eden is about to have the night of her life. The Vanished Woman, the film she wrote and directed is up for a raft of major awards. Her leading lady, Essie Lay, is on the cusp of a stunning comeback after the disturbing scandal that ended her small-screen career a year before.

When Essie messages April to say she can’t face the ceremony, April presumes nerves and goes to her Hampstead mansion to persuade her to attend. Instead, April finds Essie dead in her swimming pool.

In that moment, April makes an agonising decision, which will force her onto a course of action she couldn’t have imagined. If she is to find out what happened – and protect her own freedom – April is going to find herself face to face with some of the most powerful people in her industry, unforeseen dangers, and discomfiting truths from Essie’s and her own past.

Readers LOVE Nothing Without Me:

'I loved the way this was written, it’s a slow burner that builds alongside a feeling of dread…Dark, extremely powerful and my jaw dropped on several occasions'

'I always read Helen Monks Takhar's books in one sitting because I NEED to know what happens next!’