Jessica Metcalf is the only child of Bob and Annie and was born and raised on Horton Road in the East End of London. She is beautiful, happy and has all the trappings that money can buy. Known as Jess to her friends and family but Mistress to her clients, she earns her living as a high class prostitute and dominatrix. Business is going from strength to strength, she enjoys her work and it's a lucrative career that has enabled her to purchase a swanky apartment in upmarket Kensington. Everything in her life changes when by chance she replies to an advertisement in the local newspaper. Within a few weeks Jess's world seems to spiral out of control, when through no fault of her own, she gets caught up in a murder. Can Jess survive, or are outside forces just too powerful. Phillimore Place takes the reader through the trials and tribulations of peoples lives; it will cross class boundaries to show that no one, no matter how wealthy they are, can shield themselves from pain.