The Drownings: dark rivalries and darker legacies entwine in this addictive and gripping campus novel...

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Hazel Barkworth

The Drownings

Name: The Drownings
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ISBN: 9781035409549

dark rivalries and darker legacies entwine in this addictive and gripping campus novel

Hazel Barkworth

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Headline Review
09 September 2025

Modern & contemporary fiction (post c 1945); Horror & ghost stories; Fiction: special features; Witchcraft; Feminism & feminist theory

'Barkworth is excruciatingly good' OBSERVER

'An extraordinary story of female power and rage' KATIE BISHOP

'Breathtaking' ERIN KELLY

SOMETIMES 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...
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'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 BORGH

A 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

By: Hazel Barkworth
Imprint: Headline Review
Country of Publication: United Kingdom
Dimensions: Height: 196mm, Width: 128mm, Spine: 28mm
Weight: 260g
ISBN: 9781035409549
ISBN 10: 1035409542
Pages: 368
Publication Date: 09 September 2025
Audience: General/trade , College/higher education , Professional and scholarly , ELT Advanced , Primary
Format: Paperback
Publisher's Status: Active

Hazel grew up in Stirlingshire and North Yorkshire before studying English at Oxford. She then moved to London where she spent her days working as a cultural consultant, and her nights dancing in a pop band at glam rock clubs. Hazel is a graduate of both the Oxford University MSt in Creative Writing and the Curtis Brown Creative Novel-Writing course. She now works in Oxford, where she lives with her partner. Heatstroke is her first novel.