Plain Bad Heroines

�_~Brimming from start to finish with sly humour and gothic mischief�_T SARAH WATERS �_~Beguilingly clever, very sexy and seriously frightening�_T GUARDIAN �_~Atmospheric, sexy, creepy�_�totally addictive�_T KATE DAVIES, author of In At The Deep End �_~A gloriously over-the-top queer romp�_T I PAPER _________________________________________________________________ �_~It�_Ts a terrible story and one way to tell it is this: two girls in love and a fog of wasps cursed the place forever after�_݃_T BROOKHANTS SCHOOL FOR GIRLS: Infamous site of a series of tragic deaths over a hundred years ago. Soon to be the subject of a controversial horror movie about the rumoured �_~Brookhants curse�_T: In the early 1900�_Ts, Brookhants students Flo and Clara fell madly in love, brought together by their obsession for a scandalous memoir. A few months later they were found dead in the woods, after a horrific wasp attack, the book lying next to their intertwined bodies. Three more grisly deaths followed before the school was forced to close. Now, the school�_Ts doors are open once more. But as the crew of glamorous young actresses assemble to start filming, past and present begin to blur. And soon it�_Ts impossible to tell quite where the curse ends and Hollywood begins�_�____________________________________________________________________ �_~Buzzing with wickedness�_�sly, wry and dangerous to know�_T Rosie Garland �_~Ingenious, jaw-dropping�_�a queer roar and it's terrifying and it's a goddamned triumph�_T Paul Tremblay, author ofA�A Head Full of Ghosts andA�The Cabin at the End of the World �_~Wears its brilliance lightly�_�it's dark, sweet, and addictive. Simply one of the best books I've read in the last decade�_T Joe Hill,A�New York TimesA�bestselling author ofA�The Fireman �_~A hot amalgamation of gothic horror and Hollywood satire, it�_Ts draped with depth but bursting with life�_T Washington Post �_~A deviously delicious cake�_T O,A�THE OPRAH MAGAZINE