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The Zoo
An advertising executive walks the razor's edge between truth and illusion in this powerful novel that's "a little Mad Men and a lot American Psycho" ( The Skinny). Of course it's a bloody lie. It's an advertising campaign . . . James Marlowe has a gift for selling people things they don't need. But as he strives to meet the demands of amoral clients, rival colleagues, and his young family, James must up his game. A cocktail of cocaine and alcohol keeps his conscience at bay and fuels his ambition as he works. But when body and mind can't take any more, he plunges into a surreal world darker than the one he's fallen from . . . From the award-winning author of Kings of a Dead World, The Zoo is "a grippingly dark and ultimately moving story about exploitation, destruction and the possibility of redemption" (Alison Moore, Man Booker Prize finalist and author of The Lighthouse).
The Doves in the Dining Room
Chilling acts of sabotage cast a shadow over an elegant English wedding, in this compelling novella in the fantasy mystery series . . . Yannia Wilde arrives in rural Sussex to attend her friend Jessika's aristocratic wedding. When two butchered doves are left in the hotel dining room, Yannia volunteers to look into the matter. More disturbing events follow, leaving Yannia convinced that somebody is trying to sabotage the wedding. As the clock ticks toward the big day, the sabotage continues and the contradictions mount. The case turns sinister when Yannia herself is targeted. Can she and her friends solve the mystery and save the wedding before somebody loses their life?
Stories from the Microbial World
This collection of short stories invites you to enter the fascinating world of microorganisms. Microbes live on our skin, keep ecosystems healthy, fight pollution and turn waste into resources. Some of the plots unfold close to our everyday lives, some in the wonderland of tiny heroes, and some take us into an imaginative future. Meet Willow as she is chased by a morphing pile of slime, Mikey who stops showering, Anna who masters the appetite for shit at the sewage plant, Sophie who turns into a tree, Mike Robe who arrives for his interview in a petri dish, Amanda who survives a flood to find a world within our world instead of sorrows, Tim who changes careers on his friends’ toilet, and many more. This anthology has been created as part of the Green Stories project. Most of the stories are from the 'Microbes to the Rescue!' short story competition, sponsored by the UKRI funded Environmental Biotechnology Network (EBNet) or the 'Clean vs Green' short story competition, supported by the University of Southampton.
Kings of a Dead World
A novel set in a near-future world of hunger and hibernation: "[An] intriguing and timely premise . . . executed with verve." —Alison Moore, Man Booker Prize finalist and author of Missing The Earth's resources are dwindling. The solution is The Sleep. Inside a hibernating city, Ben struggles with his limited waking time and the disease stealing his wife from him. Watching over the sleepers, lonely janitor Peruzzi craves the family he never knew. Everywhere, dissatisfaction is growing. And the city is about to wake . . . "A haunting vision of the near-future with expert world-building and rich complex characters." —Temi Oh, Alex Award–winning author of More Perfect "A challenging dystopia for our time." —Aliya Whiteley, Arthur C. Clarke Award finalist and author of Skyward Inn
Echo Murder
In this new paranormal mystery from the author of Fallible Justice, an investigator looks into multiple murders—of the same man . . . When private investigator Yannia Wilde returns to the conclave where she grew up—and to the deathbed of her father, the conclave's Elderman—she is soon drawn back into the Wild Folk way of life, and into a turbulent relationship with Dearon, her betrothed. Back in London, Tim Wedgebury is surprised when police appear on his doorstep with a story about how he was stabbed in the West End. His body disappeared before the paramedics' eyes. Given that Tim is alive and well, the police chalk the first death up to a prank. But when Tim "dies" a second time, DI Jamie Manning calls Yannia. To assist with the case, she must return to the life she built in Old London—but as Yannia considers where her loyalties lie, will this trip to the city be her last?
Murder at the Music Factory
The body of Paul Shore toppled onto him, a stream of blood pooling around them on the concrete. Bernard lay back and waited to see if he too was going to die.An undercover agent gone rogue is threatening to shoot a civil servant a day. As panic reigns, the Health Enforcement Team race against time to track him down – before someone turns the gun on them.
Dead Man Driving
Two years on from the start of a devastating pandemic, food shortages are becoming critical, and rationing looms. So it's more than embarrassing when a lorry full of luxury food for Scottish Virus Minister's banquet goes missing. When Bernard and Maitland from the HET team find it, the food is missing – but there is a dead body.
The Zoo
An advertising executive walks the razor's edge between truth and illusion in this powerful novel that's "a little Mad Men and a lot American Psycho" (The Skinny). Of course it's a bloody lie. It's an advertising campaign . . . James Marlowe has a gift for selling people things they don't need. But as he strives to meet the demands of amoral clients, rival colleagues, and his young family, James must up his game. A cocktail of cocaine and alcohol keeps his conscience at bay and fuels his ambition as he works. But when body and mind can't take any more, he plunges into a surreal world darker than the one he's fallen from . . . From the award-winning author of Kings of a Dead World, The Zoo is "a grippingly dark and ultimately moving story about exploitation, destruction and the possibility of redemption" (Alison Moore, Man Booker Prize finalist and author of The Lighthouse).
