Suspicion and fear surround the mysterious disappearance of a movie star’s daughter... the race to claim the reward for finding Anna Louise Caley spirals into a deadly trail of voodoo in the french quarter of New Orleans... Lorraine Page is back in Cold Blood, the devastating new thriller from Lynda La Plante, brilliant creator of Prime Suspect and The Governor. Ex-lieutenant Lorraine Page has buried her past to start a new life as a private detective. Helped by two trusted friends, the Page Investigation Agency is ready to fight the best in Los Angeles for the right to do business. I he Caleys were determined that someone should find their daughter... dead or alive. They weren’t paving extra for an emotional involvement in the case, but Lorraine finds herself crossing the boundary. The search for a missing girl becomes a deadly murder hunt, and in her desperation to succeed and prove herself, Lorraine is caught in a web of deceit and violence that threatens to drag her back into the murky world she fought so hard to escape. Continuing the investigation means risking everything against a secret network of terror... The insidious undercurrent of evil forces Lorraine to battle with the demons inside herself. But the million dollar bonus is one hell of an incentive not to back off a case that could kill her — or give her a future and the professional respect she craves