It's early summer in Nottingham and the weather has turned warm. An invitation to loiter. And to crime. Given the budget crunch - new recruitment on hold, expenditures trimmed tighter than a poodle's rump - it's policing by the numbers, a boon time for cost accountants, not cops. So the last thing Charlie Resnick needs is a slasher. Or a media celebrity who has to be baby-sat. Cathy-Jordan is one of the big-name centerpieces of the city's annual Shots in the Dark crime festival. A best-selling mystery writer in America whose fame has preceded her, she's attracting a lot of attention - not all of it welcome. A series of poison-pen letters has trailed her across the Atlantic, each promising a very nasty death. From the letters, it's clear that Jordan's pen pal has read her closely - and is not a fan.