Behind the scenes of television production journalist-turned-investigator, Sam Dean, discovers greed, ugliness and murder.

When a TV producer offers journalist Sam Dean the job of tracking down a suspect in the brutal murder of a young woman and her child, he's reluctant to get involved. But when a colleague is stabbed to death on set, it's clear something bigger is going on.

And when threatening anonymous notes start arriving, Sam is forced to dig for the truth...

Standing astride 1980s London's sharp racial divides, An Image to Die For is a crime thriller perfect for fans of S.A. Cosby and Walter Mosley.

Mike Phillips is a writer and academic. He is the author of an award-winning crime fiction series and winner of the Crime Writers' Association Silver Dagger. He served as a Trustee for the National Lottery Memorial Fund and was a member of the independent 'Windrush: Lessons Learned Review' commissioned by the Home Secretary and which reported in 2020.