Kiss of Death »

P.D. Martin, Phillipa Deanne Martin, lives in Melbourne, Australia and developed a passion for crime fiction and storytelling at an early age. This interest was backed up with formal education through a Bachelor of Behavioral Sciences (with majors in psychology and criminology) and a postgraduate certificate in Professional Writing (creative writing).

Body Count--its plot conceived in a nightmare--is her first novel and has achieved international success. The book's heroine, FBI profiler Sophie Anderson, was also featured in a short story in the March 2006 edition of Australian Women's Weekly.

Phillipa is currently working on the next two Sophie novels, a contribution to a true crime anthology, and is training for a first degree black sash at the Australian Tiger and Crane Kung Fu School.

Phillipa loves staying fit, spending time with friends and family, reading, watching movies and going out for dinner.

For more information or to contact Phillipa, visit pdmartin.com.au.

A young woman's body is found with puncture marks on her neck, and soon the delicious word vampire is on everyone's lips. All of FBI profiler Sophie Anderson's skills—psychic and psychological—will be needed for her to determine whether this was a thrill kill or something even more sinister.

Exploring the blood bars and Goth clubs of L.A., Sophie immerses herself in the seductive culture of self-styled vampires. Posing as the alluring Lady Veronica and infiltrating a notorious clan, Sophie will learn just how deep the fantasy goes for some believers.

When life requires death, nothing is sacred.