About the book: 2004 / The circumstances of the case seemed simple: Olive Martin confessed to the murder of her sister and mother. In prison, she received the chilling nickname "Sculptress." That's all that journalist Rosalind Ley knew when she went on her first date with Olive, who was serving a life sentence in prison. Could Roz have foreseen that this meeting would change her life forever?.. Mynet Walters lives in Hampshire with her husband and two children. She devotes all her time to books and is a professional writer. Her books received the John Grisi Award and the Edgar Allan Poe Award for her novel The Sculptress, published in the USA in 1993. In 1994, the writer received a third unique award - “Golden Dagger” for the best detective of the year..