Sweat
The pulse-racing new literary thriller from the million-copy bestselling author
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- 8,99 €
Publisher Description
FROM THE MULTI-MILLION COPY BESTSELLING AUTHOR OF ELIZABETH IS MISSING
'Taut, compulsive, and unsettling ... It had me holding my breath until the final, brilliant end' JENNIE GODFREY
'SWEAT will keep you guessing until the very last page' VOGUE WILLIAMS
'Will have you glued to the story through every twist and turn. I absolutely loved it!' KATE HAMER
'SWEAT is like nothing I've ever read before. So addictive it made me miss a tube stop, so unsettling it made me think twice about going to the gym!' SARA COLLINS
'An inspired set-up. A clever dynamic that paves the way for a cat-and-mouse thriller. Propulsive.' THE SUNDAY TIMES
'A maze-like game of revenge. Unsettling. Blends a critique of wellness culture with a slow-burn feminist thriller.' THE OBSERVER
'If you spend all of January trying to avoid diet culture, then you need to read this book.' COSMOPOLITAN
Finally, this felt like revenge.
All Liam ever wanted was to help Cassie reach her full potential; to push her body to new extremes. Exercise, determination, being the optimum versions of themselves together forever. And Liam always knew what was best.
Nothing could break their intense love for one another, not Liam’s obsessive desire for physical perfection or his relentless control of every aspect of Cassie’s life. Until the day he pushes Cassie far beyond her limits, and she walks out of their flat and away from their toxic relationship for good.
Two years on and Cassie is stronger, fitter, healthier than ever before. And then she sees him – Liam – those green eyes, those stirring muscles. Something inside her flips.
But she holds the power now.
It’s Liam’s turn to sweat.
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PRAISE FOR EMMA HEALEY'S ELIZABETH IS MISSING
‘Every bit as compelling as the frenzied hype suggests. Gripping, haunting’
OBSERVER
‘A riveting psychological thriller’
STYLIST
‘Utterly compelling’
ROSAMUND LUPTON
‘Will stir and shake you: the most likeably unreliable of narrators,real mystery at its compassionate core’
EMMA DONOGHUE
‘A thrillingly assured, haunting and unsettling novel, I read it at a gulp’
DEBORAH MOGGACH
***READER REVIEWS***
'I would recommend this to anyone who enjoys a tense read'
'Different from anything I have read before'
'What a book!'
'So compelling'
'A dark, slickly written tale'
'I couldn't put this book down'
APPLE BOOKS REVIEW
This dark literary thriller about psychological abuse and eating disorders pulls the reader in immediately. Cassie has broken free from a controlling relationship with Liam, during which he isolated her from her loved ones and put her on an extreme diet and exercise regime. Two years later, she is working as a personal trainer at a gym when Liam shows up, now blind due to a tumour. She begins to work with him, without letting him know who she is, and becomes increasingly obsessed with enacting her revenge for the horrors he put her through. Sweat makes astute observations about weighty themes, including our treatment of victims of abuse and how our cultural obsession with wellness often masks deeply unhealthy behaviours. It is not an easy read, but as it builds to a dramatic conclusion, it’s impossible to put down.
