Presumed Dead

Presumed Dead is a TV movie starring Sherilyn Fenn, Duncan Regehr, and Rhonda Dent. An intelligent international crime writer attempts to out wit a clever homicide detective, only to be trapped by her in his own intricate scheme.
A famous crime novelist's protigie disappears before the release of author's first new book in years. Is the seeming crime an elaborate publicity stunt, or was this author so desperate for material that he created his own sinister inspiration? Despite his cunning defense on trial (the trial that made his book a best seller), Detective Cooper suspects the latter. She's determined to separate fiction from reality, but the deeper she gets in the story, the more twisted the plot becomes.