Kate Weinberg

'Hypnotic . . . An uncommonly clever whodunnit' New York Times Book Review 'Deftly plotted with vivid, compelling characters' Jojo Moyes 'One of the standout books of the summer' Stylist 'In the vein of Agatha Christie herself. Startling' Irish Times A captivating debut about obsession, rivalry and coming of age - an Observer, i and New York Times Book of the Year Jess Walker, middle child of a middle class family, has perfected the art of vanishing in plain sight. But when she arrives at a concrete university campus under flat, grey, East Anglian skies, her world flares with colour. Drawn into a tightly-knit group of rule breakers – led by their maverick teacher, Lorna Clay – Jess begins to experiment with a new version of herself. But the dynamic between the friends begins to darken as they share secrets, lovers and finally a tragedy. Soon Jess is thrown up against the question she fears most: what is the true cost of an extraordinary life?

The Truants

A crackling, tender, and perfectly off-kilter novel about love, madness, illness, and recovery. Vita Woods is on the brink. She has a good job in London and a successful doctor boyfriend, Max, with whom the sex is great and the future promising. Her sister, Gracie, is brilliant yet unreliable, her best friend and sparring partner; and she has a goldfish, Whitney Houston, a fantail who brightens even her darkest days. Because, as much as things are going right, the days are dark. Vita is not leaving the house. In fact, she rarely makes it out of bed. Instead, she spends long hours in “The Pit”—a place of deep exhaustion and semi-consciousness, dead to the world and to herself. Vita has been sick for months with an illness that no doctor, not even Max, can diagnose. And recently, her only companion, Luigi, has started showing up at her bedside, bringing snacks, romantic advice, and the promise of release. The issue is that he may be a ghost, an apparition of her sickly mind. Then, an unexpected mix-up pushes her into the path of her upstairs neighbors. As Vita finds friendship—and perhaps more—in the apartment above, she keeps sneaking up to see them, but something about her “condition” is nagging at the edges of her mind. What if the problem is Vita herself? Because as far as anyone can prove…there’s nothing wrong with her.

There's Nothing Wrong with Her

Truants

Wenn der Traum zum Alptraum wird Jess Walker hält sich für wertlos und unscheinbar. Als sie jedoch ihr Studium beginnt, lässt sie Familie und Vergangenheit zurück und beschließt, sich neu zu erfinden. Schnell findet Jess anziehende Vorbilder für ihr Vorhaben: Lorna Clay, die von Jess überaus bewunderte, exzentrische Literaturwissenschaftlerin. Und Alec, den charismatischen Journalisten, in den sie sich Hals über Kopf verliebt. Beide zeigen ihr, wie außergewöhnlich sie selbst und das Leben sein können. Als Alec Jess' Gefühle erwidert, glaubt sie am Ziel ihrer Träume angekommen zu sein. Doch dann reist Alec nach Südafrika – und wird wenige Tage später tot aufgefunden. Und plötzlich muss Jess alles infrage stellen, was sie je für die Wahrheit gehalten hat.

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