The Nature of the Beast — Frances Fyfield

AMY PETTY IS DEAD. BUT AMY PETTY IS ALIVE .. .

When an Intercity service travelling from Kent to London joins Paddington, Hatfield and Selby in a deadly list of notoriety, it isn't only fate that decides who is killed; one passenger uses the opportunity for argument to spill over into murder; while another -- blonde, beautiful Amy Petty -- sees the train crash as an opportunity to leave her life behind.

But why would Amy want the world to presume her dead? Is it because of her husband -- the rich, charismatic and evil-tempered Douglas Petty -- currently embroiled in a libel action against a national newspaper? Or maybe it isn't the present that Amy is running from. Maybe it's the past from which she cannot escape .. .