Deadly Tricks by Kimberley Mansfield is a timely, topical novel depicting the lives of women engaged in various forms of sex work. The issue of the criminal code pertaining to prostitution in Canada is presently before the Supreme Court; Deadly Tricks provides some insight into street-level survival sex work and the critical need to mitigate the danger faced by survival sex workers. The novel centres around Rebecca, a former survival sex worker, who is haunted by her previous life and the lives of her fallen and forgotten colleagues. With a resurgence of disappearing and murdered and "Belles of the Boulevard, and " Rebecca is forced to face her past and find strength she never imagined possible. and " There is an incurable epidemic of violence that exists in the darkened spots where women make efforts and take pains to survive. We are too often in isolation, far from a place where a scream for help might be heard, a struggle observed or the possibility of protection provided. The fear was present each time one leaned down to peer in at a customer for only seconds before making the decision to open a car door and step in...or not. and " Excerpt from Deadly Tricks. Deadly Tricks is a must read; it is a unique glimpse into the world of survival sex work, forced sex work, and domestic human trafficking.