In Manchester Fleur is drifting through life haunted by her murdered boyfriend Daniel.

In Japan Chinatsu is trying to escape a passionless marriage to Yugi Hamogoshi, a man with a secret who won't let her go.

Fleur and Chinatsu used to be schoolfriends.
Fleur and Chinatsu had a bond.
Fleur and Chinatsu had dreams.

This is the story of what happens before they can be together again.

A cross-cultural thriller like no other, Sarah Dobbs' KILLING DANIEL exposes the secret lives of contrasting people with unflinching insight and lyrical prose. This is a cross-cultural thriller like no other