{"product_id":"heatstroke-9781472265609","title":"Heatstroke","description":"\u003cb\u003eBook Synopsis\u003c\/b\u003e\u003cbr\u003e\u003cp\u003e''Barkworth is \u003cb\u003eexcruciatingly good\u003c\/b\u003e... An impressive first book'' \u003cb\u003eOBSERVER\u003c\/b\u003e\u003cbr\u003eA \u003cb\u003eCOSMOPOLITAN\u003c\/b\u003e\u003cb\u003e BEST BOOKS OF SUMMER 2020\u003c\/b\u003e pick \u003cb\u003e\u003cbr\u003eHEAT\u003c\/b\u003e magazine''s \u003cb\u003eREAD OF THE WEEK \u003c\/b\u003e- ''the evocative one''\u003cbr\u003e''I wanted to stay within its pages forever'' \u003cb\u003eCLARE MACKINTOSH\u003c\/b\u003e\u003cbr\u003e\u003cb\u003e\u003cbr\u003e---\u003c\/b\u003e\u003cbr\u003e\u003cbr\u003e\u003cb\u003eThis summer burns with secrets...\u003c\/b\u003e\u003cbr\u003e\u003cbr\u003eIt is too hot to sleep. To work. To be questioned time and again by the police. \u003cbr\u003e\u003cbr\u003eAt the beginning of a stifling, sultry summer, everything shifts irrevocably when Lily doesn''t come home one afternoon.\u003cbr\u003e\u003cbr\u003eRachel is Lily''s teacher. Her daughter Mia is Lily''s best friend. The girls are fifteen - almost women, still children. \u003cbr\u003e\u003cbr\u003eAs Rachel becomes increasingly fixated on Lily''s absence, she finds herself breaking fragile trusts and confronting impossible choices she never thought she''d face. \u003cbr\u003e\u003cbr\u003eIt wasn''t supposed to happen like this.\u003cbr\u003e\u003cbr\u003e\u003cb\u003eIntoxicating and compulsive, \u003ci\u003eHeatstroke\u003c\/i\u003e is a \u003cbr\u003e\u003cbr\u003e\u003cb\u003eTrade Review\u003c\/b\u003e\u003cbr\u003e\u003cb\u003eBarkworth is excruciatingly good\u003c\/b\u003e at encapsulating that point in life where Mia and Lily stand - on the edge of growing up... \u003cb\u003eIntense and claustrophobic, this is an impressive first book\u003c\/b\u003e * Observer *\u003cbr\u003eA \u003cb\u003esultry, stifling\u003c\/b\u003e debut * Cosmopolitan *\u003cbr\u003e\u003cb\u003eGripping and intensely atmospheric\u003c\/b\u003e... beautifully explores the complicated relationship between mothers and teenage daughters... \u003cb\u003eyou won't want to put this down\u003c\/b\u003e * Heat *\u003cbr\u003e\u003cb\u003eA summer sizzler\u003c\/b\u003e... with twists, turns and revelations in all the right places...This is Barkworth's first novel and \u003cb\u003eshe's hit the format out of the park\u003c\/b\u003e * Evening Standard *\u003cbr\u003eAn \u003cb\u003eatmospheric read\u003c\/b\u003e that \u003cb\u003ewill draw you into its tangled web\u003c\/b\u003e * Woman \u0026amp; Home *\u003cbr\u003e\u003cb\u003eDark and unsettling\u003c\/b\u003e * Red *\u003cbr\u003eBarkworth has a pinsharp eye for detail...it's \u003cb\u003epropulsive, thought-provoking and atmospheric\u003c\/b\u003e * Daily Mail *\u003cbr\u003e\u003c\/b\u003e\u003c\/p\u003e\u003cp\u003eRead if you liked \u003ci\u003eBig Little Lies\u003c\/i\u003e... \u003cb\u003eA torrid, tense story\u003c\/b\u003e about forbidden passions, \u003cb\u003eplayed out over one steamy summer\u003c\/b\u003e\u003c\/p\u003e * Best *\u003cbr\u003eA \u003cb\u003ebold and beautifully written\u003c\/b\u003e novel of desire and danger * Mail on Sunday *\u003cbr\u003ePainfully real, and so beautifully written\u003cb\u003e I wanted to stay within its pages forever. \u003c\/b\u003e\u003ci\u003eHeatstroke\u003c\/i\u003e is \u003cb\u003eunsettling, challenging and utterly immersive\u003c\/b\u003e -- Clare Mackintosh\u003cbr\u003e\u003cb\u003eStylish\u003c\/b\u003e and \u003cb\u003esensual\u003c\/b\u003e -- Kiran Millwood Hargrave\u003cbr\u003eTense, sultry, unsettling, sweaty and evocative . . . \u003cb\u003eA thrilling look at mothers and daughters, adolescence, sex, suburbia and secrets\u003c\/b\u003e -- Nell Frizzell\u003cbr\u003e\u003cb\u003ePulls you into its sweaty interior and keeps you gripped\u003c\/b\u003e to the end. \u003cb\u003eDarkly atmospheric\u003c\/b\u003e and so well written -- Renée Knight\u003cbr\u003e\u003cb\u003eSexy, sensual, difficult, provocative \u003c\/b\u003e- I was hooked for every twist, turn and revelation. This is \u003cb\u003edefinitely one of the best reads of the summer\u003c\/b\u003e. I was blown away -- Laura Jane Williams\u003cbr\u003eI am \u003cb\u003eaddicted\u003c\/b\u003e!... A \u003cb\u003egripping, dark and twisty\u003c\/b\u003e read with \u003cb\u003ebeautiful, poetic writing\u003c\/b\u003e -- Emma Gannon\u003cbr\u003eI\u003cb\u003e \u003c\/b\u003e\u003cb\u003egulped this whole thing down\u003c\/b\u003e in one sitting. It's \u003cb\u003ecompulsive, sticky and full of gorgeous writing\u003c\/b\u003e -- Kirstin Innes\u003cbr\u003e\u003cb\u003eRaw, unsparing and almost unbearably tender\u003c\/b\u003e. Perfect sentences swim gracefully across every page, overlaying a narrative that delights in wrong-footing the readers' assumptions. \u003cb\u003eI couldn't tear myself away\u003c\/b\u003e -- Erin Kelly\u003cbr\u003e\u003cb\u003eA scorching tale of obsession, betrayal \u003c\/b\u003eand \u003cb\u003ethe wounds that mothers and daughters inflict on each other\u003c\/b\u003e in the name of love -- Tammy Cohen\u003cbr\u003e\u003cb\u003eFevered and claustrophobic \u003c\/b\u003e -- Jane Healey, author of The Animals at Lockwood Manor","brand":"Headline Publishing Group","offers":[{"title":"Default Title","offer_id":48739444654423,"sku":"9781472265609","price":16.99,"currency_code":"GBP","in_stock":true}],"thumbnail_url":"\/\/cdn.shopify.com\/s\/files\/1\/0817\/1739\/5799\/files\/9781472265609.jpg?v=1720052262","url":"https:\/\/bookcurl.com\/products\/heatstroke-9781472265609","provider":"Book Curl","version":"1.0","type":"link"}