The Chair Man
Michael Hollinghurst is a successful corporate
lawyer living a comfortable, suburban life in leafy North West London. But on 7
July 2005, his life is transformed when he steps on a London underground train
targeted by Islamist suicide bombers. While most passengers in his carriage are
killed, Michael survives the explosion but is confined to a wheelchair as a result.
Coming to terms with his predicament and
controlling his own feelings of guilt as a survivor conspire to push him in a
direction that is out of character and a tad reckless. In a quest to seek
retribution, he resorts to embracing the internet and posing as a radical
Islamist in order to snare potential perpetrators.
Much to his surprise, his shambolic
scheme yields results and is brought to the attention of both GCHQ and a
terrorist cell. But before long, dark forces begin to gather and close in on
him. There is seemingly no way out for Michael Hollinghurst. He has become,
quite literally, a sitting target.
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Author
Bio –
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Alex's first
novel 'Sleeping with the Blackbirds', a darkly humorous urban fantasy, written
for children and young adults, was initially published by PenPress in 2011. It
has since become a Kindle bestseller in the US. In 2014, his fictionalised
account of the first British serviceman to be executed for cowardice during the
First World War was published by Mardibooks in its anthology, 'The Clock Struck
War'. A selection of his blog posts is also available in paperback under the
title 'Random Ramblings of a Short-sighted Blogger.' In 2019, his psychological
thriller, 'The Chair Man' that is set in London in 2005 following the terrorist
attack on its public transport system, was published as an ebook by Fizgig
Press. The paperback followed in 2020.
Alex lives in
NW London with his wife and terribly spoilt feline.
He is quite
possibly the only human being on this planet to have been inadvertently locked
in a record shop on Christmas Eve.
You can visit
his website at http://booksbyalexpearl.weebly.com
Social
Media Links – https://linktr.ee/AlexPearl
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