Dead Sexy — Linda Jaivin

Dead Sexy is er*tica at its most thrilling.

Nicola, writer of the 'Anabelle Says' column for a women's magazine, is cheating on her boyfriend Fox with Johnny B. Wright, a kinky-sex-loving architect who likes to 'christen' his newly constructed buildings. Things become complicated. Johnny is found dead, stark naked and handcuffed, with one of Nicola's favourite scarves tied around his neck. Investigating Detective Sergeant Damien Mann has a fetish for 'watching' and just happens to know the deceased.

Linda Jaivin worked and studied in Taiwan, Hong Kong and mainland China before settling in Sydney as a writer and translator. Her four novels include the international best-seller Eat Me, Rock n Roll Babes from Outer Space, Miles Walker, You're Dead and Dead Sexy. She is co-editor of New Ghosts, Old Dreams: Chinese Rebel Voices, and the author of non-fiction titles Confessions of an S & M Virgin, and The Monkey and the Dragon.

'It's a short and sweet read that is a bit like watching an episode of 'Sex In The City'. Jaivin satirises the Cosmo Cleo world of magazine publishing.' Examiner

'Javin can satirise human pretensions, insecurities, and other foibles with considerable insight and verve.' Canberra Times

'There's a decidedly designer feel about this ultra-slim erotic thriller. The writing is as slick as the magazine headlines it mildly satirises.' Age