The Sand Men - Softcover

Christopher Fowler

3.2

210 ratings by Goodreads

Softcover

ISBN 10: 1781083738 ISBN 13: 9781781083734

Publisher: Rebellion, 2015

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Brand new contemporary thriller from Christopher Fowler.

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About the Author:

Born in Greenwich, London, Christopher Fowler is the multi-award winning author of the lauded Bryant & May Peculiar Crimes Unit mystery novels. His Solaris novels include Hell Train in 2012, Plastic in 2013, and Nyctophobia in 2014. He is a regular columnist for both The Independent on Sunday and The Financial Times.

From Publishers Weekly:

Fowler (Nyctophobia) tackles corporate greed and conspicuous consumption in this suspenseful, unusual story set in and around a luxury Dubai resort. Lea Brook, teen daughter Cara, and husband Roy trade their lives in London for the sterile, landscaped gated community Dream Ranches. It houses top-tier employees of Dream World, which is only months away from opening its opulent doors. At first, the new surroundings are exciting, but Roy works around the clock, Cara is withdrawing, and Lea isn't content to be a good little housewife. When Lea finds out that daughters of Dream World employees have gone missing, and their fathers are killed in workplace "accidents," she starts to dig; but Dubai is a man's world, and no one wants to hear speculation from a "bored" housewife. People suspicious of Dream World start to die, and Lea fears that their delicate, carefully constructed world will soon fall apart. Lea's determination to find out the truth about the missing girls in the face of some very powerful men makes for a harrowing read, and palpable tension builds steadily throughout, all the way to the oddly hopeful, surprising conclusion. (Oct.)\n

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