Plotlands: where you can hide...but not for long

by Carol Fenlon

Plotlands - a rundown shantytown seaside resort in North Wales where people can escape their pasts, or can they? The residents of Plotlands are hiding secrets from murder to theft to unacceptable hobbies. It seems a safe place away from the eyes of the world, a place where those who don't fit in to the wider society can seek safety but in today's world there are few places of sanctuary.
Julian's destiny is to save the world from aliens but when he tries to rescue a small boy his actions are misinterpreted.
Graham comes to Plotlands to escape his murderous past but is it a case of 'once a murderer, always a murderer'?
Janine is Mark's perfect woman - until Shazza discovers his little secret.
Ex- Outcast member Jack's hideaway in Plotlands is safe from the vengeance of his biker gang until a member of a rival gang moves in next door...
Twelve lives, twelve stories of murder, madness and mayhem sited in one of the few remaining places of sanctuary in modern Britain. Plotlands is a place to hide --- but not for much longer.

191 pages, Kindle Edition

Published November 7, 2016

About the author

Carol lives in Skelmersdale, Lancashire. Her first novel, 'Consider The Lilies was written as a result of research conducted into images of feral children and formed part of her PhD thesis gained from Edge Hill University in 2010. 'Consider The Lilies is set in Skelmersdale, Liverpool and Worcester and is the story of the life of a woman who was kept in a shed as a child with no human contact. It won the Impress Novel Prize for new writers in 2007 and was published in June 2008. She is also a keen local historian and self-published the first part of a history of her home town, 'Skelmersdale: a New Town in the Making' in 2014. 'Triple Death.' is a short story collection and is Carol's first self-published fiction venture. 'Plotlands' is a linked short story collection about a dystopian North Wales seaside resort Mere' Carol's second novel, 'Mere' was released in June 2018 and published by Thunderpoint Publishing Ltd. 'Mere' features the fortunes of three flawed characters set against the backdrop of the the drained bed of the Lancashire lake Martin Mere. Carol's latest novel, 'A Liver Bird Sings' a novel in the romantic/ coming of age genre, set in 1960s Liverpool was published in November 2019.She is currently working on the second part of her local history book and a dark novel featuring the history of Lathom House in Lancashire.

Reviews

[Susan Pope · Rating 5 out of 5]

Great characters inspired by the landscape.

Plot lands is a dilapidated mix of wooden bungalows and make-shift houses somewhere on the Welsh coast. It’s home to some and a temporary refuge to others. People come and then find its not quite the quiet refuge they thought, so they disappear in the night.
Carol Fenton’s linked short stories leave you wanting to know who will turn up next. Will they stay? Or will something or someone drive them away. Great stories about people down on their luck, waiting for the wind to change.

[Clare · Rating 3 out of 5]

Stop and start

Enjoyed this book ,got somewhat confused at first as you got to know characters, they where whisked away, that's life