When famous actress Vanessa Forsyth is found dead in her dressing room, with a bullet hole in her head and a gun on the floor, everyone assumes she has taken her own life. It is only a matter of time, however, before DI Ronnie Twist and her sergeant, Luke Carter, discover that the film star was murdered.

As suspicion falls on Vanessa's family and friends, the police discover that more than one person had reason to want her out of the way. And as the net closes around her own family, Vanessa's neighbour and protegee, Billie, finds that those she trusts most have more secrets than she ever imagined.

Set in the market town of Beverley, The Narcissist is the third Twist in the Tale novel.