Richard Ortega thinks he is an important writer. He manipulates for a living. Grace has reached a point of invisibility. Her husband has betrayed her. She can see that her life is unravelling before her eyes. Soon, however, she finds that a fantasy is being woven around her. A book enters her life, one unlike any she has ever read. And she meets Richard. His book shows her all that is truly important in her life but once the line between fiction and truth has blurred, Grace discovers that Richard's imagination is unwilling to ever let her go. Agents and publishers will recognise Richard (perhaps the source of inspiration for Radio 4's Ed Reardon). The book is both disturbing and comical. Penelope Evans is author of The Last Girl featured on the BBC book at bedtime.