Due on 1 August: Plastic
by Christopher Fowler (Solaris £7.99):
“June Cryer is a shopaholic suburban housewife trapped in a
lousy marriage. Discovering her husband’s infidelity with her flight attendant
neighbour 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.”
