Fruit Fly Book by Josh Silver

Fruit Fly by Josh Silver is a darkly satirical thriller that follows Mallory Maddox, a washed-up author desperate to revive her career after a seven-year bout of writer's block. To engineer a modern bestseller, she exploits and secretly writes the tragic life story of Leo, a vulnerable young homeless addict she takes in as her muse. What begins as a calculated grab for literary fame quickly spirals into a tense, dangerous game of emotional manipulation and psychological warfare.