In Lawrence’s overwrought if well-plotted third erotic thriller to feature Teresa Knight (after Beg Me
), the part-time investigator and children’s book author goes undercover as a film director at London’s soft-core Silky Pictures, whose owner, Luis Antunes, is suspected of forcing women into prostitution and having sex on screen. After some intense X-rated scenes during filming at Silky Pictures, Teresa gets on the trail of a sex-slave business that takes her to Brazil. When someone tosses Antunes off the balcony of a posh hotel, Teresa becomes the top suspect in his murder and is accused of being a Muslim terrorist. Readers should be prepared for plenty of overheated sex that interrupts the narrative flow. (Jan.)
