Topping from Below A Novel

A book that examines the primeval instincts lurking beneath the civilized soul, Topping from Below explores the human capacity for good and evil. When her younger sister is killed, Nora is stunned to discover that Franny had been having a secret sadomasochistic affair with a mysterious professor known only as "M".

LAURA REESE is the author of the critically acclaimed Panic Snap. She lives in Davis, California.

"Fiendlishly horny, unexpectedly affecting."--Mary Gaitskill

"Sex is kinky and love is twisted. . . . A daring erotic thriller."--the San Francisco Chronicle Book Review

"Imagine a tale that's one part sleuthing, à la Sue Grafton's "E" is for Evidence, to three parts handcuffing, à la Pauline Reage's Story of O. . . . The climax will floor you."--Glamour

"The plot is sparked by a dangerous current of eroticism."--Harper's Bazaar

"Its powerful erotic undertow immediately pulls the reader into sensuously described sadomasochistic rituals and the related obsessions of murder, sisterhood, and love . . . a compelling plot intertwined with steamy scenes. When's the last time you read raunchy sex and a good mystery in the same book?"--Playboy

"Devilishly pornographic . . . Comparison to Story of O is well earned."--Publishers Weekly