Q: Who wanted Billie Ransom dead?

A: Who didn’t?

A writers’ group hires Cat Caliban to investigate the hit-and-run death of their most successful — and least popular — member. A young novelist and college professor, Billie Ransom has recently won the coveted contract to write the sequel to acclaimed bestseller THE FAR HORIZON when she’s struck and killed while out for a run one icy morning. Cat’s not convinced it’s murder, but her preliminary investigations identify a host of potential suspects, from rivals to disgruntled students to irate models for Ransom’s thinly disguised characters. Cat is forced to admit that if she’d known the writer, she might have wanted to murder Billie herself. Meanwhile, the group members are eager to help with the investigation and thrilled to be considered suspects. Cat tries to keep them out of trouble while walking in the dead woman’s footsteps to find out what Billie knew. But can she evade Billie’s fate?