Model Actress Whatever

<b>From the acclaimed critic and award-winning author of <i>Anno Dracula </i>comes a bitingly satirical story of superheroism, soap opera and alternative reality -- for readers of Austin Grossman’s <i>Soon I Will Be Invincible</i> and George R.R. Martin’s <i>Wild Cards.</i></b><br><br>When Chrissie Chambers (model actress whatever) discovers her soap opera character is about to be killed off, she finally stops dieting and discovers hitherto untapped supernatural abilities. Meanwhile, Chrissie’s aunt - former national heroine Lady Shade - goes missing. Afraid for Jasmine’s safety and itching to costume-up, Chrissie and her ghost-possessed best friend Loulee break into Devil’s Dyke, the asylum where Jasmine works as a therapist with the most dangerous cutthroats (supervillains) in Britain… only to find the inmates have taken over…  Chrissie debuts successfully as a cloak (superheroine), but who will become the arch-nemesis of Lady Shade II?<br><br>In Chrissie’s timeline, the Beatles didn’t split up and recorded a hallucinodelic album in 1972 – <i>Never Mind </i>(strictly, <i>Never Mind the Beatles</i>) – which literally changed the world. Set in an alternative 2020s London, this hugely entertaining, darkly humorous superhero tale is packed with Newman’s trademark wit, and comes with wickedly sharp edges.