When popstar and animal rights activist Karina Stark is murdered, she becomes a cult icon – and her mother a monster. For she left a diary in which she branded Gloria ‘the Mum from Hell’.
Now the grieving mum is up against the police, press, neighbours and the dead girl’s morbid young fans.
Gradually the real Karina emerges, through the eyes of her ex-boyfriend, an autistic girl she bullied, a jaded ex-tabloid journalist who starts an affair with Karina’s mum - and a macho detective who is increasingly falling under Karina’s spell…
As Karina seduces, terrorises and haunts the community, it becomes clear that she's enjoying her fame - and she's not ready to RIP.