4 of the best beach reads: Summer 2019

Whether you’re heading off on a luxury two week beach holiday with the other half, taking in a weekend break by the sea, or trying to squeeze in five minutes of peace and quiet as the kids run amok on your family trip to Butlins, you’ll no doubt need a good book to help you unwind and relax as you put life stuff on the back burner, for a short while at least.

In typical MALESTROM fashion, we’ve got a mix of twisted, thrilling, dystopic reads that’ll leave you well and truly on the edge of your pool lounger. Here’s four of the best beach reads this summer.

Proximity Jem Tugwell

A world without any crime whatsoever seems implausible, doesn’t it? Well, with rapidly advancing technology rooted within every nook and cranny of society, that is exactly the world Jem Tugwell brings to life in his exhilarating and provocative debut crime thriller with a twist.

Utilising 20 years of professional experience as a software developer, Tugwell offers an unnerving insight into how our world might be transformed by the rapid advance in embedded technology and fitness trackers.

A world that’s equal parts dystopic and utopic, where the dominant technological system ‘iMe’ has led to complete control and with it the eradication of crime.

That is until a body turns up, with no trace as to the killer. In a world that’s evolved from intuition and logic, Detective Clive Lussac must re-sharpen his investigative skills and with his new partner Zoe Jordan find the killer before more victims appear.

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