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Learn more'Barkworth is excruciatingly good... An impressive first book' OBSERVER
'A sultry, stifling debut exploring power, consent and womanhood' COSMOPOLITAN
'The evocative one' HEAT magazine's READ OF THE WEEK
'Read next if you loved Three Women by Lisa Taddeo' WHISTLES newsletter
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Do you remember the summer that changed everything?
Rachel and her daughter never had secrets. Until now.
Lily is somewhere she shouldn't be. With someone she shouldn't be with.
Mia misses her best friend. But she let her down.
In the middle of a stifling heatwave, the three of them stand on the edge of irrevocable change. By the end, one burning question will remain... how could she let things go this far?
FOR FANS OF ZOE HELLER, EMMA CLINE, EXPECTATION AND MY DARK VANESSA.
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'I wanted to stay within its pages forever' CLARE MACKINTOSH
'Stylish and sensual' KIRAN MILLWOOD HARGRAVE
'A thrilling look at mothers and daughters, adolescence, sex, suburbia and secrets' NELL FRIZZELL
'I am addicted... dark and twisty with beautiful, poetic writing' EMMA GANNON
'Sexy and provocative' LAURA JANE WILLIAMS
'Pulls you into its sweaty interior and keeps you gripped' RENEE KNIGHT
'I couldn't tear myself away' ERIN KELLY
'Compulsive, sticky and full of gorgeous writing' KIRSTIN INNES
'Gripping and intensely atmospheric... you won't want to put this down' HEAT
'A summer sizzler... with twists, turns and revelations in all the right places' EVENING STANDARD
(P)2020 Headline Publishing Group Ltd
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.