A Sharp Scratch

Heather Darwent

ISBN 10: 0241740460 / ISBN 13: 9780241740460

Published by Penguin Books Ltd (UK) Mai 2025, 2025

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Neuware -From the Sunday Times bestselling author of The Things We Do To Our Friends, comes a timely, gripping novel about the dark underbelly of wellness culture'DARWENT HAS A GREAT CAREER AS A THRILLER WRITER AHEAD OF HER' SUNDAY TIMESWe can fix you.It's a promise that Betsy has heard far too many times. From the child psychologist, from her husband, and from the wellness trends that scream at her from her screen.So far, it's been a lie.But this time, she believes it. Because Betsy has been offered a place at Carn - a luxurious, unorthodox retreat, where healing really is possible. At Carn, she discovers that her imperfections make her unique, not weak. She isn't broken, just special.All Betsy has to do is follow the rules . . .---Praise for Heather Darwent'Satisfyingly dark, cleverly plotted' Emma Flint, Little Deaths'Smart, sophisticated, seductive' S J Watson, Before I Go To Sleep'Startlingly lovely, like a fine, dark silk shivering on your skin' Julia Heaberlin, We Are All the Same in the Dark'A deeply compelling story of friendships turned rotten' Rosemary Hennigan, The Truth Will Out'Dark academia and twisted friendships in gothic Edinburgh - what more could you want ' Cailean Steed, Home 320 pp. Englisch.

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Bibliographic Details

• Title: A Sharp Scratch
• Publisher: Penguin Books Ltd (UK) Mai 2025
• Publication Date: 2025
• Language: English
• ISBN 10: 0241740460
• ISBN 13: 9780241740460
• Binding: Taschenbuch
• Condition: Neu
• Dimensions: 234W x 152H x 26D millimeters 234 millimeters width by 152 millimeters height by 26 millimeters depth
• Weight: 386 grams

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Synopsis

From the Sunday Times bestselling author of The Things We Do To Our Friends, comes a timely, gripping novel about the dark underbelly of wellness culture

'DARWENT HAS A GREAT CAREER AS A THRILLER WRITER AHEAD OF HER' SUNDAY TIMES

We can fix you.

It's a promise that Betsy has heard far too many times. From the child psychologist, from her husband, and from the wellness trends that scream at her from her screen.

So far, it's been a lie.

But this time, she believes it. Because Betsy has been offered a place at Carn - a luxurious, unorthodox retreat, where healing really is possible. At Carn, she discovers that her imperfections make her unique, not weak. She isn't broken, just special.

All Betsy has to do is follow the rules . . .

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Praise for Heather Darwent
'Satisfyingly dark, cleverly plotted' Emma Flint, Little Deaths
'Smart, sophisticated, seductive' S J Watson, Before I Go To Sleep
'Startlingly lovely, like a fine, dark silk shivering on your skin' Julia Heaberlin, We Are All the Same in the Dark
'A deeply compelling story of friendships turned rotten' Rosemary Hennigan, The Truth Will Out
'Dark academia and twisted friendships in gothic Edinburgh - what more could you want?' Cailean Steed, Home

About the Author

Heather Darwent is based just outside of Edinburgh, the setting for her Sunday Times bestselling debut, The Things We Do To Our Friends. Originally from Yorkshire, she came to Scotland to study and never quite left. When she’s not writing, you’ll find her reading chaotic non-fiction about Silicon Valley and swimming in the sea . . . or being unbearably boring in conversation about swimming in the sea. A Sharp Scratch is her second novel.