Criminal seduction

Darian North

The chance to cover a sensational New York murder trial proves irresistible to writer Owen Byrne. The victim is Bram Serian, renowned and controversial artist; the accused Lenore, his exotic asian-born wife. Owen's first sight of the 'Black Widow' strikes him like a blow - is she a ruthless monster or an innocent woman undergoing a terrible ordeal? When he comes across a piece of evidence vital to the trial, he gets the chance to find out. And as he is drawn into her troubled world, he becomes obsessed with the life she shared with the enigmatic Serian, obsessed with the dark riddle of her past…