Synopsis
Stunning thriller featuring murder in the utopia of a Florida theme park, from a major new talent in the fiction world. It's another perfect day at Dreamworld, Florida's famous family vacation spot. Until its most popular character turns up murdered. When Lisa Schaeffer agreed to play the part of cuddly Kit-E-Cat, she didn't expect to get stabbed and wind up with blood all over her fun fur costume, her unsavoury boyfriend dead at her side. A double death is not the sort of attraction the Dreamworld authorities want to publicize, and so their impressive security force swings into action. The utopian image must be preserved; no illusions shattered. Few are more sincerely devoted to this aim than rookie patrol officer Sylvia Avery. But when another grisly murder suggests a new, more sinister possibility, Avery is forced to investigate the side of Dreamworld that visitors never see. Just how close can she get to the horrifying truth without jeopardizing Dreamworld's reputation, her job or even her life?

I'm a fan of Jane Goldman and I had high hopes for this book. I've had it for a while, then my mate visiting Disney World Florida prompted me to dig it out from my bottomless pit of books. It was pretty good and made me think about the secret world of somewhere like Disney World and how the behind the scenes everyday stuff must work without the public seeing it, from deliveries of food and drink to sell, to dealing with any crime or misdemeanor on-site and keeping the utopia facade so the magical side of stuff is all that's seen by tourists. Who wants to see "Mickey Mouse" having a crafty smoke during his break, for example?! Well worth a read, whether you've been to Disney or not (I haven't) but this will certainly make you wonder what's being hidden from you behind the scenes!

Taking this along to the Loughborough Bookcrossing Unconvention this weekend, 22-24th September and adding to the book buffet. :)

This book was picked up off the book Buffet before the book release walk, as it would not have fit any of the release bags: it will find a home in one of the bookcrossing zones of Suffolk and Essex, thank you!

This book is to be left in the free book basket of the waiting room at Herrick House.

If you are the finder, you can make a journal entry here - you can remain anonymous if you want! I hope you enjoy the book and that you'll get a chance to leave it somewhere else for someone else to find in due course. There is an old (but still very informative) article on bookcrossing to be found here:
http://www.theguardian.com/books/2005/jul/31/fiction.features1

If you like the idea of bookcrossing, more free books can be found in Colchester bookcrossing zones:

Slack Space, Eld Lane
Love Coffee Aroma, High Street
Purple Dog, Eld Lane
Foresters Arms, Castle Road
Hospital Arms, Crouch Street
15 Queen Street
Fox Pub, Layer de la Haye

Ipswich bookcrossing zones:
Caffe Nero, the Buttermarket, (upstairs on the mantlepiece)
The Greyhound pub on Ivry Road (shelf opposite the bar)
Coffee Link, Neptune Marina (upstairs, book case on far wall)

Please do stop for a coffee or drink while you're there.