Streetsmart

Saskia Thompson is the hottest editor in the world. Her magazine, 'Streetsmart', is an explosive mix of celebrity gossip, high fashion, cutting-edge photography and investigative journalism. She is the undisputed queen of London and New York. And then she is found dead.

Max, her war-reporter brother, has always avoided her glitzy, superficial world. But reluctantly he is sucked into the epicentre of the magazine business, when Saskia leaves him 'StreetSmart' in her will.

And the vultures are gathering, waiting for him to fail. A host of unscrupulous rivals are out to get 'StreetSmart'. From Freddie Saidi, the Lebanese arms dealer to Etienne Bercuse, the megalomaniac luxury goods tycoon; from Caryl Fargo, Saskia's envious rival, to Bob Troup, her odious deputy who would kill for the editorship. Max soon learns that it can be deadlier in magazines than a war zone.

Can Max hang on to 'StreetSmart' as the business begins to collapse around him? Can he discover in time who is trying to sabotage the magazine? And does the paternity of Saskia's six-year-old son, Cody, hold the clue?

With a sharply observant eye for the intricacies and excesses of the magazine culture he knows so well, Nicholas Coleridge has written a gripping thriller and brilliant insider satire on the high-rolling gloss industry.