The Place That Didn't Exist

✍ Scribed by Mark Watson

• Book ID: 115030787
• Publisher: Pan Macmillan UK
• Tongue: English
• Weight: 131 KB
• Category: Fiction
• ISBN-13: 9781447243366

✦ Synopsis

The dazzling novel from acclaimed author and stand-up comedian Mark Watson.
_Dubai is a good place to win. And a really, really bad place to lose ...
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Junior advertising creative Tim Callaghan can hardly believe his luck when his idea for a commercial is commissioned by an international charity. He's flown out to Dubai to supervise the project and is immediately enticed by the city - a futuristic environment unlike anywhere he's ever been before. The first few days go by in a blur: Tim meets the heads of the charity and the production team; a movie star flies in to appear in the advert; and The Village, the five-star resort in which they're staying, offers an almost uncanny level of customer service.
Then filming begins, a crew member dies, and things get complicated . . .
Beautiful, seductive, brilliantly managed and a little bit frightening, Dubai itself is like an advert, and takes on an increasingly unsettling atmosphere as the murder...