Columbia Road - Matt Whyman

Cash is hard to come by in Columbia Road, where Cisco, her uptight brother and her downbeat boyfriend struggle to make ends meet. Cisco's brother is realising that being a teen agony uncle has a shelf life and her man of the moment is lost to an online game with a million bucks at stake. That's when their landlord, a property impresario called Cartier, makes an offer they can't refuse: transform the place into a virtual show home, with a cam in every room and the three can stay on rent free. Except Cartier has a hidden agenda, and privacy comes at a price.

Matt Whyman has written novels and non-fiction for children and young adults, including the critically acclaimedBoy Kills Man. He also writes regularly forBlissandMarie Clairemagazine. Matt is married with four children and lives in West Sussex, England.

'Big Brother meets Bonnie and Clyde - the results are incredibly fast, exceptionally funny, and surprisingly touching' Stella Duffy on COLUMBIA ROAD

'A funny read...puns in every paragraph, and the author makes mischief with computer-speak by relating it to the lexicon of love' - The Times on MAN OR MOUSE

'Pacy, racy and cyberspacey' - Mirror on MOM

'Entertaining comic romance' - Maxim Jakubowski on MOM

'A fast paced, very funny book...a fresh voice...an excellent debut that kept me laughing throughout' - What Am I Going To Read.com on MOM

'It's Cyrano for the cyber generation, with more than a dash of SOME LIKE IT HOT' - The List on MOM