When Medeleine d'Leon conjures Ned McGinnity as the hero in her latest crime novel, she makes him a serious writer simply because the iropny of a protagonist who'd never lower himself to read the story in which he stars amuses her.<br/><br/>When Ned McGinnity creates Madeleine d'Leon, she is his literary device, a writer of detective fiction who is herself a mystery to be unravelled.<br/><br/>As Ned and Madeleine play out their own lives while writing the other's story, they find themselves crossing the lines that divide the real and the imagined.<br/><br/>A clever, thought-provoking insight into the creative process and what happens when the lines between worlds start to blur, from an award-winning author.