S.L. Grey

Thriller

Das Apartment

Dan works at a bookstore in a deadly dull shopping mall where nothing ever happens. He's an angsty emo-kid who sells mid-list books to mid-list people for the minimum wage. He hates his job. Rhoda has dragged her babysitting charge to the mall so she can meet her dealer and score some coke. Now the kid's run off, and she has two hours to find him. She hates her life. Rhoda bullies Dan into helping her search, but as they explore the neon-lit corridors behind the mall, disturbing text messages lure them into the bowels of the building, where old mannequins are stored in grave-like piles and raw sewage drips off the ceiling. The only escape is down, and before long Dan and Rhoda are trapped in a service lift listening to head-splitting musak. Worst of all, the lift's not stopping at the bottom floor. Plummeting into the earth, Dan and Rhoda enter a sinister underworld that mirrors their worst fears. Forced to complete a series of twisted tasks to find their way out, they finally emerge into the brightly lit food court, sick with relief at the banal sight of people shopping and eating. But something feels different. Why are the shoppers all pumped full of silicone? Why are the shop assistants chained to their counters? And why is a cafe called McColon's selling lumps of bleeding meat? Just when they think they've made it back to the mall, they realise their nightmare has only just begun...

The Mall

Mark en Steph hebben een relatief gelukkig gezin met hun jonge dochter in het zonnige Kaapstad, tot op een dag gewapende mannen met bivakmutsen hun huis binnenvallen. Getraumatiseerd maar fysiek ongedeerd zijn Mark en Steph niet in staat om terug te keren naar het normale en leven in constante angst. Wanneer een vriend een herstellende vakantie in het buitenland voorstelt via een populaire woninguitwisseling, klinkt dat als het perfecte plan. Ze vinden een artistiek koppel met een charmant appartement in Parijs dat graag naar Kaapstad zou willen komen. Mark en Steph kunnen de idyllische foto's en de belofte van een romantische uitje niet weerstaan. Maar zodra ze in Parijs aankomen, realiseren ze zich snel dat er niets is zoals geadverteerd. Wanneer hun perfecte vakantie een hevige bocht neemt, worden de scheuren in hun huwelijk steeds groter en komen donkere geheimen uit Marks verleden naar boven.

Het appartement

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Lisa is a plastic surgery addict with severe self-esteem issues. The only hospital that will let her go under the knife is New Hope: a grimy, grey-walled facility dubbed 'No Hope' by its patients. Farrell is a celebrity photographer. His last memory is a fight with his fashion-model girlfriend and now he's woken up in No Hope, alone. Needle marks criss-cross his arms. A sinister nurse keeps tampering with his drip. And he's woken up blind... Panicked and disorientated, Farrell persuades Lisa to help him escape, but the hospital's dimly lit corridors only take them deeper underground - into a twisted mirror world staffed by dead-eyed nurses and doped-up orderlies. Down here, in the Modification Ward, Lisa can finally have the face she wants... but at a price that will haunt them both forever.

The Ward

Die Ehe von Mark und Steph bröckelt. Um wieder Romantik in ihr Leben zu bringen, machen sie einen Häusertausch per Internet. Steph findet eine Unterkunft in Paris, die auf den Fotos traumhaft aussieht. Doch ihr Apartment entpuppt sich als böse Überraschung. Die Zimmer scheinen seit Jahren nicht mehr bewohnt zu sein, schwere Jalousien lassen kaum Tageslicht herein. Sie beschließen zu bleiben. Doch dann entdeckt Mark mehrere Plastikeimer – gefüllt mit Frauenhaar. Ihm wird klar, dass sie verschwinden müssen. Sofort. Doch der Albtraum hat bereits begonnen ... und wird sie nicht mehr loslassen ... nie mehr!

Longlisted for the Sunday Times SA Fiction Award The Mall Dan works at a bookstore in a deadly dull shopping mall where nothing ever happens. He's an angsty emo-kid who sells mid-list books for minimum wage. He hates his job. Rhoda has dragged her babysitting charge to the mall. Now the kid has run off, and Rhoda has two hours to find him. She hates her life. Rhoda bullies Dan into helping her search, but as they explore the corridors behind the mall, they are pulled into a terrifying world... The New Girl Ryan Devlin has taken a job as a handyman at an exclusive private school, Crossley College. He's losing his battle to suppress his growing fascination with a new girl who seems to have a strange effect on the children around her. Tara Marais fills her empty days by volunteering at Crossley's library. But Tara has a secret, an obsession that is as dark as it is dangerous. Both Tara and Ryan are being drawn into a terrifying scheme. The Ward Lisa is a plastic surgery addict. The only hospital that will let her go under the knife is New Hope: a grimy facility dubbed 'No Hope' by its patients. Farrell is a celebrity photographer. His last memory is of a fight with his fashion-model girlfriend and now he's woken up in No Hope, alone - and blind. Farrell persuades Lisa to help him escape, but the hospital's dimly lit corridors only take them deeper underground - into a twisted mirror world...

The Mall, The Ward, The New Girl

Three Books by S. L. Grey

Don't mess with the creepy new girl Ryan Devlin, a predator with a past, has been forced to take a job as a handyman at an exclusive private school, Crossley College. He's losing his battle to suppress his growing fascination with a new girl who seems to have a strange effect on the children around her. Tara Marais fills her empty days by volunteering at Crossley's library. Tara is desperate, but unable, to have a baby of her own, so she makes Reborns - eerily lifelike newborn dolls. She's delighted when she receives a commission from the mysterious 'Vader Batiss', but horrified when she sees the photograph of the baby she's been asked to create. Still, she agrees to Batiss's strange contract, unaware of the consequences if she fails to deliver the doll on time. Both Tara and Ryan are being drawn into a terrifying scheme - one that will have an impact on every pupil at Crossley College...

The New Girl

Rhoda, een Zuid-Afrikaanse twintiger met een verminkt gezicht en nog zo wat problemen, neemt haar oppaskind mee naar een winkelcentrum om drugs te scoren. In de boekhandel raakt ze hem kwijt. Wanhopig sleurt ze Dan, de nerdy medewerker van de winkel, mee op een zoektocht door het labyrint. Dwalend achter de coulissen van de Plaza komen ze in een op het eerste gezicht aantrekkelijke, parallelle werkelijkheid terecht waar de klant meer dan koning is, maar algauw weten ze niet meer of ze nu moeten maken dat ze wegkomen of blijven. Het kat en muisspel in De Plaza leest als een rit in een turboachtbaan.

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