The Trashman
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Pub Date Aug 25 2026 | Archive Date Oct 2 2026
Mad Bear Books | Independent Book Publishers Association (IBPA), Members' Titles
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Description
In a throwaway world, The Trashman is king.
A global, cinematic Hollywood thriller. Luxury neo-noir with a body count, and a twist of sharp, stylish social satire.
When ambitious young fashion designer Zoe arrives at a celebrity Malibu mansion to present her work, she finds her clients’ bodies instead—curated with the artistry, the cold precision of a “Collection”. In the chaos that follows, she meets Jez, a podcaster chasing his viral breakthrough. Attraction sparks among the horror.
Haute-Couture Macabre
As the Trashman goes global, each new Collection—Paris, Como, Milan—becomes more lethally elegant than the last. More high-profile victims. More taunts, more cryptic clues.
And Zoe keeps appearing near the scenes. Is she muse, victim, or accomplice?
With ICE raids inflaming a polarised America, and investigators from LA and Europol closing in across two continents, Jez faces an impossible choice: expose the woman he loves and make his name, or protect her and throw it all away?
Zoe’s own reckoning is no less brutal—can she build a career on looking the other way?
Love In A Disposable Age
This visceral, atmospheric psychological thriller follows a digital trail from the hills of Bel Air and the Parisian clubs to the lakeside glamour of Como, the runways of Milan, the crime-tech intelligence hub of The Hague. It’s for readers who loved the world of The White Lotus, the sun-drenched menace of Ripley, and the poisoned glamour of House of Gucci.
A story about love, lust and success, and finding your true self in a society at war with itself, where everything, and everyone—right to the very top—seems disposable.
In a throwaway world, how disposable are you?
Advance Praise
"In an age that mistakes brutality for strength and noise for meaning, power and wealth have never been more brazenly aggressive against being challenged. It takes three women—a fashion designer, a detective, a Europol specialist—to ask the question that power and wealth never want to be answered: what are we really worth, and to whom? The Trashman takes the coarseness and brutality of our cultural moment seriously, without being coarse or brutal about it. An urgently entertaining thriller—sharply witty, emotionally involving—about our dangerous times."
—Philippe de Saint Maurice
Marketing Plan
Active pre-order on Amazon Kindle and paperback. Social media campaign across Instagram and TikTok (@madbearbooks and Freddie Omm author accounts). ARC outreach to crime fiction bloggers and reviewers via BookFunnel. NetGalley listing.
Paid advertising campaigns planned on Amazon and Instagram around publication date, 25 August 2026. Embargo lift 28 July 2026.
Available Editions
| EDITION | Paperback |
| ISBN | 9783943829198 |
| PRICE | $17.99 (USD) |
| PAGES | 579 |