About the book

A new thriller from the bestselling crime and horror author Chris Fowler. In Dubai there’s a new world of high-luxury resorts emerging for the super-rich but at what price to everyone else? Lea, Roy and their 15 year-old daughter Cara live in a gated community reserved for foreign workers. Roy has been hired to deal with teething problems at Dream World, a futuristic beach complex. In the oppressive heat, the wives appear happy to follow behind their husbands, cooking and arranging tea parties, but Lea finds herself a virtual prisoner in a land where Western women are regarded with indifference and suspicion. At least there are a few friendly outsiders who don t enjoy the conformity of the ex-pat community – until one night, when the most outspoken one dies in a suspicious accident. It’s the first in a string of terrible occurrences that divide the foreign workers. Lea’s neighbours start to blame migrants, locals and even each other. Lea is convinced that deliberate acts of cruelty are being committed but is there a real threat to her life, or is she becoming paranoid? And what if the thing she fears most is really happening? What happens in a world where only the rich are important? Welcome to a future that s five minutes away, where rebellion against conformity can lead to the unthinkable …

Biography

Christopher Fowler was born in Greenwich, London. He is the multi award-winning author of many novels and short story collections, and the author of the Bryant & May mysteries. His first bestseller was ‘Roofworld’. Subsequent novels include ‘Spanky’, ‘Disturbia’, ‘Psychoville’ and ‘Calabash’. He spent 25 years working in the film industry.

His collection ‘Red Gloves’, 25 new stories of unease, marked his first 25 years of writing. His memoir ‘Paperboy’ won the Green Carnation Award, and was followed by a 2nd volume, ‘Film Freak’. Other new novels include the dark comedy-thriller ‘Plastic’ and the haunted house chiller ‘Nyctophobia’.

He has written comedy and drama for BBC radio, including Radio One’s first broadcast drama in 2005. He has a weekly column called ‘Invisible Ink’ in the Independent on Sunday. His graphic novel for DC Comics was the critically acclaimed ‘Menz Insana’. His short story ‘The Master Builder’ became a feature film entitled ‘Through The Eyes Of A Killer’, starring Tippi Hedren and Marg Helgenberger. Among his awards are the Edge Hill prize 2008 for ‘Old Devil Moon’, and the Last Laugh prize 2009 for ‘The Victoria Vanishes’.

Christopher has achieved several pathetic schoolboy fantasies, releasing a terrible Christmas pop single, becoming a male model, writing a stage show, posing as the villain in a Batman graphic novel, running a night club, appearing in the Pan Books of Horror, and standing in for James Bond.

His short stories have appeared in Best British Mysteries, The Time Out Book Of London Short Stories, The Best Of Dark Terrors, London Noir, Neon Lit, Cinema Macabre, the Mammoth Book of Horror and many others. After living in the USA and France he is now married and lives in London’s King’s Cross and Barcelona.

Product details

• Paperback: 320 pages
• Publisher: Solaris (6 Oct. 2015)
• Language: English
• ISBN-10: 1781083746
• ISBN-13: 978-1781083741
• Product Dimensions: 12.7 x 2.3 x 19.7 cm

About the book

A new thriller from the bestselling crime and horror author Chris Fowler. In Dubai there’s a new world of high-luxury resorts emerging for the super-rich but at what price to everyone else? Lea, Roy and their 15 year-old daughter Cara live in a gated community reserved for foreign workers. Roy has been hired to deal with teething problems at Dream World, a futuristic beach complex. In the oppressive heat, the wives appear happy to follow behind their husbands, cooking and arranging tea parties, but Lea finds herself a virtual prisoner in a land where Western women are regarded with indifference and suspicion. At least there are a few friendly outsiders who don t enjoy the conformity of the ex-pat community – until one night, when the most outspoken one dies in a suspicious accident. It’s the first in a string of terrible occurrences that divide the foreign workers. Lea’s neighbours start to blame migrants, locals and even each other. Lea is convinced that deliberate acts of cruelty are being committed but is there a real threat to her life, or is she becoming paranoid? And what if the thing she fears most is really happening? What happens in a world where only the rich are important? Welcome to a future that s five minutes away, where rebellion against conformity can lead to the unthinkable …

Biography

Christopher Fowler was born in Greenwich, London. He is the multi award-winning author of many novels and short story collections, and the author of the Bryant & May mysteries. His first bestseller was ‘Roofworld’. Subsequent novels include ‘Spanky’, ‘Disturbia’, ‘Psychoville’ and ‘Calabash’. He spent 25 years working in the film industry.

His collection ‘Red Gloves’, 25 new stories of unease, marked his first 25 years of writing. His memoir ‘Paperboy’ won the Green Carnation Award, and was followed by a 2nd volume, ‘Film Freak’. Other new novels include the dark comedy-thriller ‘Plastic’ and the haunted house chiller ‘Nyctophobia’.

He has written comedy and drama for BBC radio, including Radio One’s first broadcast drama in 2005. He has a weekly column called ‘Invisible Ink’ in the Independent on Sunday. His graphic novel for DC Comics was the critically acclaimed ‘Menz Insana’. His short story ‘The Master Builder’ became a feature film entitled ‘Through The Eyes Of A Killer’, starring Tippi Hedren and Marg Helgenberger. Among his awards are the Edge Hill prize 2008 for ‘Old Devil Moon’, and the Last Laugh prize 2009 for ‘The Victoria Vanishes’.

Christopher has achieved several pathetic schoolboy fantasies, releasing a terrible Christmas pop single, becoming a male model, writing a stage show, posing as the villain in a Batman graphic novel, running a night club, appearing in the Pan Books of Horror, and standing in for James Bond.

His short stories have appeared in Best British Mysteries, The Time Out Book Of London Short Stories, The Best Of Dark Terrors, London Noir, Neon Lit, Cinema Macabre, the Mammoth Book of Horror and many others. After living in the USA and France he is now married and lives in London’s King’s Cross and Barcelona.

Product details

• Paperback: 320 pages
• Publisher: Solaris (6 Oct. 2015)
• Language: English
• ISBN-10: 1781083746
• ISBN-13: 978-1781083741
• Product Dimensions: 12.7 x 2.3 x 19.7 cm

About the Book

June Cryer is a shopaholic suburban housewife trapped in a lousy marriage. Discovering her husband’s infidelity with her flight attendant neighbour, she loses her her home, her husband and her credit rating, but she has been offered a solution: a friend needs someone reliable to act as caretaker in a spectacular London high-rise apartment. It’s just for the weekend, but there s good money in it… Seizing the opportunity to escape, June moves into the penthouse only to find that there s no electricity and no phone. She must flat-sit until the security system comes back on. When a terrified girl breaks into the flat and June makes the mistake of asking the neighbours for help, she finds herself embroiled in an escalating nightmare, trying to prove that a murderer exists. For the next 24 hours, she must survive on the streets without friends or money, solve an impossible crime, and fight off the urge to buy a new wardrobe.

Review

‘Christopher Fowler is a truly original writer. I’ve loved everything of his I’ve ever read, and with Plastic he’s raised his game even higher’. –Peter James

‘A breathtaking thriller set in the dark shadow of the everyday, Plastic is a razor sharp parable of modern life.’ –Jake Arnott

About the Author

Born in Greenwich, London, Christopher Fowler is the multi-award winning author of the lauded ‘Bryant and May Peculiar Crimes Unit’ mystery novels. Solaris published his horror novel Hell Train in 2012. He is a regular columnist for both The Independent on Sunday and The Financial Times.

Product details

• First Edition First Printing
• Paperback: 384 pages
• Publisher: Solaris (1 Aug. 2013)
• Language: English
• ISBN-10: 1781081247
• ISBN-13: 978-1781081242
• Product Dimensions: 12.8 x 1.9 x 19.5 cm

About the book

A new thriller from the bestselling crime and horror author Chris Fowler. In Dubai there’s a new world of high-luxury resorts emerging for the super-rich but at what price to everyone else? Lea, Roy and their 15 year-old daughter Cara live in a gated community reserved for foreign workers. Roy has been hired to deal with teething problems at Dream World, a futuristic beach complex. In the oppressive heat, the wives appear happy to follow behind their husbands, cooking and arranging tea parties, but Lea finds herself a virtual prisoner in a land where Western women are regarded with indifference and suspicion. At least there are a few friendly outsiders who don t enjoy the conformity of the ex-pat community – until one night, when the most outspoken one dies in a suspicious accident. It’s the first in a string of terrible occurrences that divide the foreign workers. Lea’s neighbours start to blame migrants, locals and even each other. Lea is convinced that deliberate acts of cruelty are being committed but is there a real threat to her life, or is she becoming paranoid? And what if the thing she fears most is really happening? What happens in a world where only the rich are important? Welcome to a future that s five minutes away, where rebellion against conformity can lead to the unthinkable …

Biography

Christopher Fowler was born in Greenwich, London. He is the multi award-winning author of many novels and short story collections, and the author of the Bryant & May mysteries. His first bestseller was ‘Roofworld’. Subsequent novels include ‘Spanky’, ‘Disturbia’, ‘Psychoville’ and ‘Calabash’. He spent 25 years working in the film industry.

His collection ‘Red Gloves’, 25 new stories of unease, marked his first 25 years of writing. His memoir ‘Paperboy’ won the Green Carnation Award, and was followed by a 2nd volume, ‘Film Freak’. Other new novels include the dark comedy-thriller ‘Plastic’ and the haunted house chiller ‘Nyctophobia’.

He has written comedy and drama for BBC radio, including Radio One’s first broadcast drama in 2005. He has a weekly column called ‘Invisible Ink’ in the Independent on Sunday. His graphic novel for DC Comics was the critically acclaimed ‘Menz Insana’. His short story ‘The Master Builder’ became a feature film entitled ‘Through The Eyes Of A Killer’, starring Tippi Hedren and Marg Helgenberger. Among his awards are the Edge Hill prize 2008 for ‘Old Devil Moon’, and the Last Laugh prize 2009 for ‘The Victoria Vanishes’.

Christopher has achieved several pathetic schoolboy fantasies, releasing a terrible Christmas pop single, becoming a male model, writing a stage show, posing as the villain in a Batman graphic novel, running a night club, appearing in the Pan Books of Horror, and standing in for James Bond.

His short stories have appeared in Best British Mysteries, The Time Out Book Of London Short Stories, The Best Of Dark Terrors, London Noir, Neon Lit, Cinema Macabre, the Mammoth Book of Horror and many others. After living in the USA and France he is now married and lives in London’s King’s Cross and Barcelona.

Product details

• Paperback: 320 pages
• Publisher: Solaris (6 Oct. 2015)
• Language: English
• ISBN-10: 1781083746
• ISBN-13: 978-1781083741
• Product Dimensions: 12.7 x 2.3 x 19.7 cm

About the Book

June Cryer is a shopaholic suburban housewife trapped in a lousy marriage. Discovering her husband’s infidelity with her flight attendant neighbour, she loses her her home, her husband and her credit rating, but she has been offered a solution: a friend needs someone reliable to act as caretaker in a spectacular London high-rise apartment. It’s just for the weekend, but there s good money in it… Seizing the opportunity to escape, June moves into the penthouse only to find that there s no electricity and no phone. She must flat-sit until the security system comes back on. When a terrified girl breaks into the flat and June makes the mistake of asking the neighbours for help, she finds herself embroiled in an escalating nightmare, trying to prove that a murderer exists. For the next 24 hours, she must survive on the streets without friends or money, solve an impossible crime, and fight off the urge to buy a new wardrobe.

Review

‘Christopher Fowler is a truly original writer. I’ve loved everything of his I’ve ever read, and with Plastic he’s raised his game even higher’. –Peter James

‘A breathtaking thriller set in the dark shadow of the everyday, Plastic is a razor sharp parable of modern life.’ –Jake Arnott

About the Author

Born in Greenwich, London, Christopher Fowler is the multi-award winning author of the lauded ‘Bryant and May Peculiar Crimes Unit’ mystery novels. Solaris published his horror novel Hell Train in 2012. He is a regular columnist for both The Independent on Sunday and The Financial Times.

Product details

• First Edition First Printing
• Paperback: 384 pages
• Publisher: Solaris (1 Aug. 2013)
• Language: English
• ISBN-10: 1781081247
• ISBN-13: 978-1781081242
• Product Dimensions: 12.8 x 1.9 x 19.5 cm