I hate reviews like this but I genuinely think this is one of the worst books I’ve ever read. It was irredeemably awful. Very boring – the big ‘reveal’ of who Jasmine is, was predictable from the moment the character was introduced. It was painfully slow and excruciatingly pointless, just lots of police investigations that went nowhere, rubbish police and a very dull plot. I just hated so much about it – there were SO MANY holes, she was supposedly a criminal mastermind but it was all really flat and uninteresting, with poorly written characters. It wasn’t a twist if you knew where it was going – just blatantly obvious and drawn out for no reason.

Angel’s Dream was inspired by real events in the life of film star Diana Dors. Throughout the 1960s and 1970s she organised adult ‘swingers’ parties at her home in Sunningdale, Berkshire. Celebrities were introduced to young starlets along with generous supplies of alcohol, drugs and pornography. Dors secretly filmed her guests’ exploits and kept an archive of her favourite performances. When the News of The World got wind of the parties, she sold them exclusive stories which they ran over many weeks. Having once been declared bankrupt by the Inland Revenue, Dors hid millions of pounds in secret bank accounts. In 1982 she gave her son a coded note revealing where the money could be found. Only her husband knew the key that would crack the code, but he took the secret to his grave. Angel’s Dream unlocks the dark enigmas of a faded star ...