A brand new contemporary thriller from 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 "