Pictures of the Night — Adele Geras

SINCE ARRIVING HERE THE WHOLE OF AMY NORMAL LIFE SEEMS TO HAVE NO MORE REALITY THAN THE PAINTED BACKDROP OF A PANTOMIME SEEN LONG AGO.

At eighteen, beautiful Bella is singing with a band, perform in London and Paris, and falling in love for the first time, Bella should be having the time of her life, except for one thing: Her jealous stepmother is trying to kill her.

Or is she? Perhaps Bella's accidents at the hands of mysterious women are only that -- accidents. But for the band's final performance, her stepmother has taken a strange interest in Bella's act, making Bella fear that this performance may truly be her last in more ways than one.