The Spotlight: a twisty, gripping summer read - what if your favourite pop star was a serial killer?
Jun 2026 · Bloomsbury Publishing
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384
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About this ebook
Bella Mackie meets the Eras tour in this compelling thriller - the perfect dark poolside read!
Killer tunes.
Kirby Turner is on her last chance. With her previous girlband career dead in the water alongside the band's lead singer, Hailey, she's been drifting for years. But then came the call. Arena tour. Had a last-minute dropout. Want a girl drummer. Feminist thing or something. Would be good for you.
Killer lyrics.
When she finds out who the artist is, it feels like fate. Silver might now be the most famous singer on the planet, but Kirby knows her best as Alice Taffer, her former bandmate. From before Hailey died, and Kirby was blamed, and she slid into the gutter while Alice shot towards the stars.
Killer.
It seems too good to be true that they're reunited now - and as the tour begins, and Kirby is playing in front of fans again for the first time in years, it feels like coming home. But as the music starts to bring back buried memories of that last day with Hailey, she starts to wonder: was Hailey's death really her fault? How exactly did Silver rise to the top so fast? And now that Kirby's got everything she ever wanted - what would she do to hold on to it?
Killer tunes.
Kirby Turner is on her last chance. With her previous girlband career dead in the water alongside the band's lead singer, Hailey, she's been drifting for years. But then came the call. Arena tour. Had a last-minute dropout. Want a girl drummer. Feminist thing or something. Would be good for you.
Killer lyrics.
When she finds out who the artist is, it feels like fate. Silver might now be the most famous singer on the planet, but Kirby knows her best as Alice Taffer, her former bandmate. From before Hailey died, and Kirby was blamed, and she slid into the gutter while Alice shot towards the stars.
Killer.
It seems too good to be true that they're reunited now - and as the tour begins, and Kirby is playing in front of fans again for the first time in years, it feels like coming home. But as the music starts to bring back buried memories of that last day with Hailey, she starts to wonder: was Hailey's death really her fault? How exactly did Silver rise to the top so fast? And now that Kirby's got everything she ever wanted - what would she do to hold on to it?
Bella Mackie meets the Eras tour in this compelling thriller - the perfect dark poolside read!
Killer tunes.
Kirby Turner is on her last chance. With her previous girlband career dead in the water alongside the band's lead singer, Hailey, she's been drifting for years. But then came the call. Ar...
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About the author
Nicola Martin studied at the University of East Anglia and the University of California, Berkeley. She lives in Bristol, where she works as a marketing manager and freelance writer. Her first novel, Dead Ringer, won the Fiction Prize at the 2021 Lakeland Book of the Year Awards.
Nicola Martin studied at the University of East Anglia and the University of California, Berkeley. She lives in Bristol, where she works as a marketing manager and freelance writer. Her first novel, Dead Ringer, won the Fiction Prize at the 2021 Lakeland Book of the Year Awards.
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