All she wanted to do was take her son‎'‎s forgotten sports kit to school‎.‎ So why does Nicki Clements drive past the home of controversial newspaper columnist Damon Blundy eight times in one day‎?‎ Blundy has been murdered‎,‎ and the words ‎'‎HE IS NO LESS DEAD‎'‎ daubed on his wall ‎- in red paint‎,‎ not blood‎.‎ And‎,‎ though Blundy was killed with a knife‎,‎ he was not stabbed‎.‎ Why‎?‎ Nicki‎,‎ called in for questioning‎,‎ doesn‎'‎t have any of the answers police are looking for‎.‎ Nor can she tell them the truth‎,‎ because although she is not guilty of murder‎,‎ she is far from innocent‎.‎ And the words on the wall are disturbingly familiar to her‎,‎ if only she could remember where she has heard them before ‎.‎‎.‎‎.‎