Corpse with the Steely Gaze

"Who would want to hurt him? He was one of the good guys. Did a lot of work with charities. Supported his friends and colleagues. Loved his wife and kids."

Jayson Flyntt melted millions of hearts whenever he gazed directly into the camera as the star of a long-running American soap opera; now he's in Vancouver's "Hollywood North" to make a science fiction movie he believes will revive his waning fortunes. When his body is discovered in puzzling circumstances at a filming location on Cait Morgan's university campus, it's believed he's been the victim of a tragic accident. But Cait's instincts tell her that not everything is quite as it seems - and not just because of the illusions being conjured around her by the production's crew.

When Cait grabs the unique opportunity to peer behind the silver screen, she discovers that some people within the dead actor's closest circle not only have their own - sometimes disconcerting - agendas but might even benefit by the star's death. And when she and her retired-cop husband, Bud, focus more sharply on the dead man's past, some unexpected local connections develop. Stumped by inexplicable clues, Cait whittles down too many suspects to...none. So she has to take some uncharacteristic steps, because she's determined to reveal the full picture.

Making our usually confident Welsh Canadian criminal psychologist feel like a fish out of water on her home turf, this sixteenth Cait Morgan Mystery tests her with an investigation that challenges the techniques she's leaned upon in the past, and even leads her to question some of her most deeply held beliefs.