Book description
Ursula is obsessed with Mason; and Mason is obsessed with Ursula.
But their passion is strong - murderously strong. Two lovers,
three murders, a vortex of eroticism and an intriguing deception, all
set in a steamy, noir-ish Los Angeles . . . This is a smouldering
sexual thriller, with echoes of James M. Cain, Raymond Chandler and
all the finesse of the best traditions of European erotic writing.
Paul Mayersberg was born in Cambridge in 1941 and was educated at
Dulwich College. During the 1960s he worked as a critic and journalist
on film topics. During the 1970s and 1980s he worked as a screenwriter
and his credits include The Man Who Fell To Earth and Merry Christmas Mr
Lawrence. his films as writer/director are Captive (1986), Nightfall
(1988) and The Last Samurai (1990). Homme Fatale was first published in
1991.
