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Heatstroke : the dark, compulsive debut you won't be able to forget - Hazel Barkworth

Heatstroke

the dark, compulsive debut you won't be able to forget

By: Hazel Barkworth

eBook | 28 May 2020

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'Intense and claustrophobic, this is an impressive first book' OBSERVER

'A summer sizzler...with twists, turns and revelations in all the right places' EVENING STANDARD

'Stylish and sensual**' KIRAN MILLWOOD HARGRAVE**

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Unfolding over a long hot summer, Heatstroke draws us into the secrets, lies and betrayals that simmer beneath a fracturing relationship between mother and daughter, leaving them both changed forever.

In the middle of a stifling suburban heatwave, fifteen-year-old Lily doesn't come home one afternoon.

Rachel is Lily's teacher. Her daughter Mia is Lily's best friend. When they learn that Lily meant to disappear, taking nothing but lipsticks and some lacy underwear from her mother's drawer, Rachel is horrified - like any other parent.

But as Rachel becomes obsessed with Lily's secret life, and who she might be with, she grows increasingly distrustful of Mia.

Rachel knows that her daughter is hiding something... because she is hiding something too.

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'I am addicted. . .dark and twisty with beautiful, poetic writing' EMMA GANNON

'Gripping and intensely atmospheric... you won't want to put this down' HEAT magazine's READ OF THE WEEK

'A sultry, stifling debut exploring power, consent and womanhood' COSMOPOLITAN

'A stunning new voice... I couldn't tear myself away' ERIN KELLY

'A thrilling look at mothers and daughters, adolescence, sex, suburbia and secrets' NELL FRIZZELL

'Sexy and provocative' LAURA JANE WILLIAMS

'Unsettling, challenging and utterly immersive' CLARE MACKINTOSH

'Pulls you into its sweaty interior and keeps you gripped' RENEE KNIGHT

'Compulsive, sticky and full of gorgeous writing' KIRSTIN INNES

Industry Reviews
Raw, unsparing and almost unbearably tender. Perfect sentences swim gracefully across every page, overlaying a narrative that delights in wrong-footing the readers' assumptions. I couldn't tear myself away
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