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'Breathtaking... dark academia at its most compelling' ERIN KELLY'A very clever dark campus novel... really packs a punch' DAILY MAIL'An extraordinary story of female power, rage and oppression' KATIE BISHOP'Barkworth is excruciatingly good' OBSERVERThese waters became wild centuries before this university was dreamed of. Leysham has always been a dangerous place for women . . .Serena arrives on campus reeling from the injury that destroyed her champion swimming career. She is lost until she meets Jane, an enigmatic tutor obsessed with the historic witch trials that took place in Leysham's freezing waters.When several young women are assaulted, the university's shadowy legacy becomes inescapable. Those in power turn a blind eye, but Jane urges Serena and her friends to rise up. As their anger builds into an inferno of female rage, Serena takes matters into her own hands. Leysham has reawakened something within her, a dark, impossible power. In the waters, she can see what must be done - and the sacrifice it will demand.From the author of Heatstroke, an intoxicatingly atmospheric new novel about competition, obsession and influence - for readers of The Things We Do to Our Friends, Weyward and Promising Young Woman.Praise for Hazel Barkworth: 'Stylish and sensual' Kiran Millwood Hargrave'Utterly immersive' Clare Mackintosh'A sultry, stifling debut exploring power, consent and womanhood' Cosmopolitan'Barkworth has a pin-sharp eye for detail . . . it's propulsive, though-provoking and atmospheric' Daily Mail

'Barkworth is excruciatingly good' OBSERVER'An extraordinary story of female power and rage' KATIE BISHOP'Breathtaking' ERIN KELLYSOMETIMES YOU MUST CHOOSE TO PLAY WITH FIRE...On a remote university campus in the north of England, famed for the wild waters that surround it, two cousins arrive for the new term.Zara wants to be at the centre of everything Leysham has to offer.Serena, an ex-champion swimmer, struggles to find her place.When they meet Jane, a beguiling and ambitious postgrad obsessed with historic local witch trials, both are drawn in by her desire to expose Leysham's dark legacy - a centuries-old culture of violence among the privileged elite.As protests flare across the campus, a simmering rivalry takes hold between the cousins. But when cracks start to appear in Jane's stories, everything spirals out of control...*'I can't remember the last time I read a book that described so perfectly the powers held within and used against women's bodies' KATE VAN DER BORGHA provocative and suspenseful campus novel about obsession, influence and the power of young women - for fans of The Four, Weyward and Promising Young Woman.Praise for Hazel Barkworth: 'Stylish and sensual' Kiran Millwood Hargrave'Utterly immersive' Clare Mackintosh'A sultry, stifling debut exploring power, consent and womanhood' Cosmopolitan'Barkworth has a pin-sharp eye for detail . . . it's propulsive, though-provoking and atmospheric' Daily Mail

'Barkworth is excruciatingly good... An impressive first book' OBSERVERA COSMOPOLITAN BEST BOOKS OF SUMMER 2020 pick HEAT magazine's READ OF THE WEEK - 'the evocative one''I wanted to stay within its pages forever' CLARE MACKINTOSH---This summer burns with secrets...It is too hot to sleep. To work. To be questioned time and again by the police. At the beginning of a stifling, sultry summer, everything shifts irrevocably when Lily doesn't come home one afternoon.Rachel is Lily's teacher. Her daughter Mia is Lily's best friend. The girls are fifteen - almost women, still children. As Rachel becomes increasingly fixated on Lily's absence, she finds herself breaking fragile trusts and confronting impossible choices she never thought she'd face. It wasn't supposed to happen like this.Intoxicating and compulsive, Heatstroke is a darkly gripping, thought-provoking novel of crossed boundaries, power and betrayal, that plays with expectations at every turn.FOR FANS OF ZOE HELLER, EMMA CLINE, EXPECTATION AND MY DARK VANESSA. ---'Stylish and sensual' KIRAN MILLWOOD HARGRAVE'A summer sizzler... with twists, turns and revelations in all the right places' EVENING STANDARD'What to read next IF YOU LOVED THREE WOMEN by Lisa Taddeo' WHISTLES newsletter'A thrilling look at mothers and daughters, adolescence, sex, suburbia and secrets' NELL FRIZZELL'Sexy, sensual, difficult, provocative...definitely one of the best reads of the summer' LAURA JANE WILLIAMS'Pulls you into its sweaty interior and keeps you gripped' RENEE KNIGHT'I couldn't tear myself away' ERIN KELLY'I am addicted!... A gripping, dark and twisty read with beautiful, poetic writing' EMMA GANNON'Compulsive, sticky and full of gorgeous writing' KIRSTIN INNES'A scorching tale of obsession, betrayal and the wounds that mothers and daughters inflict on each other' TAMMY COHEN

'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 --- 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.---'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