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Michael Hollinghurst is a successful corporate lawyer living in London. But on 7 July 2005, his life is transformed when he steps on a London underground train targeted by Islamist suicide bombers. 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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Spotlight Post
Thank you, Alex Pearl and Rachel’s Random Resources
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About the author
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.
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Author Links
Website: https://booksbyalexpearl.weebly.com
Facebook: https://www.facebook.com/AlexPearlauthor/
Twitter: https://twitter.com/AlexBPearl
Instagram: https://www.instagram.com/alexbrian17/
Pinterest: https://www.pinterest.co.uk/alexbpearl/the-chair-man
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Book Links
Amazon US: https://www.amazon.com/Chair-Man-Alex-Pearl/dp/1008984876
Amazon UK: https://www.amazon.co.uk/Chair-Man-Alex-Pearl/dp/1675134944
BN: https://www.barnesandnoble.com/w/the-chair-man-alex-pearl/1136672496?ean=2940164005511
Kobo: https://www.kobo.com/us/en/ebook/the-chair-man
Apple Books: https://books.apple.com/us/book/the-chair-man/id1503252665