Summer, 1967. As London shimmers in a heat haze and swoons to the sound ofSergeant Pepper, a mystery film Eureka is being shot by German wunderkind Reiner Werther Kloss. The screenwriter, Nat Fane, would do anything for a hit but cant see straight for all the acid hes dropping. Fledgling actress Billie Cantrip is hoping for her big break but cant find a way out of her troubled relationship with an older man. And journalist Freya Wyley wants to know why so much of what Kloss touches turns to ash in his wake. Meanwhile, the parallel drama of Nats screenplay starts unfurling its own deep secrets.

Sexy, funny, nasty,Eurekaprobes the dark side of creativity, the elusiveness of art and the torment of love.

Anthony Quinnwas born in Liverpool in 1964. From 1998 to 2013 he was the film critic for theIndependent. He is the author of six novels:The Rescue Man, which won the 2009 Authors Club Best First Novel Award;Half of the Human Race;The Streets, which was shortlisted for the 2013 Walter Scott Prize;Curtain Call, which was chosen for Waterstones andMail on SundayBook Clubs;Freya,a Radio 2 Book Club choice, andEureka.