Poison pens can draw blood...
And that's exactly why TV presenter Rebecca Jones hires private eye Kit O'Malley to investigate the threats against her. But the trouble with being tenacious, tough, and too smart for her own good is that everybody else wants Kit on their team.

As if trying to keep Rebecca alive and on the air wasn't enough, Kit is beset by a clutch of other people's catastrophes that require her very particular skills to resolve. And since Kit is the gumshoe who can't say no, before she knows it, she is up to her eyes in the worst that Australia's criminal minds can throuw her way.

Money laundering, sordid sexual  shenanigans, abduction, political  sleaze, and murder among Melbourne's movers and shakers threaten to swamp Kit as she picks her way through the morass of double-dealing, treachery, and outright greed. As if that's not enough, the beautiful and sexy Alex Casenove sweeps back into her life, reminding Kit that love is almost as deadly as hate and that murder never happens at a convenient time.

Bleeding Hearts, the sequel to the higly acclaimed debut Blood Guilt, is a tightly plotted romp through the dark underbelly of Australia's most cultured city, vibrantly demonstrating that even the heartless bleed.

"Kit O'Malley.... is resourceful, determined and tough - but she's got more pals than most PIs walking the mean streets, and she's also a lot funnier." - Carmel Shute, Sisters in Crime Australia

Lindy Cameron lives on the Mornington Peninsula outside  Melbourne, Australia