Havoc

<p><b> 'A LABYRINTHINE MYSTERY OF EMOTIONAL AND PSYCHOLOGICAL COMPLEXITY' Jo Brand</b><br><b>'DELIRIOUS AND REWARDING' <i>Guardian</i></b><br><b>'UNMISSABLE' <i>Woman's Weekly</i><br></b><br>Fleeing Scotland in the wake of family disgrace, 16-year-old Ida Campbell secures a scholarship at a failing girls' boarding school on a remote part of the south English coast. Despite the eccentricities of her new Headmistress, who warns her of the dangers of the Cold War and the ever-present threat of <i>the bomb</i>, St Anne's seems like a refuge to Ida. But all this is about to change. For a start, her new room-mate is the infamous Louise Adler, potential arsonist and hardened outcast.<br><br> Meanwhile, the geography teacher Eleanor Alston, in her late thirties, a disastrous love affair in her wake, faces the new term with weary resignation. But the fragile ecosystem of the school is disrupted by the arrival of a new teacher, Matthew Langfield. Eleanor has an uneasy feeling he is not who he says he is.<br><br>And things only get worse when a mysterious sickness starts to spread throughout the school, causing strange limb jerks and seizures among the pupils. <b>What is happening to the girls of St Anne's? Could there be a poisoner among them? Is Ida's scholarship really an escape, or is it instead a new nightmare?</b><br><br><b>READERS ARE LOVING <i>HAVOC</i>:</b><br><br>'Superb. Brilliantly funny, at times extremely poignant' ⭐⭐⭐⭐⭐<br>'Another beautifully written book by Rebecca' ⭐⭐⭐⭐⭐<br>'Utterly glorious, moving, enthralling and witty. I am so cross I have finished it' ⭐⭐⭐⭐⭐<br>'I absolutely loved the humour in this book. Bonus points for the Cold War references' ⭐⭐⭐⭐⭐<br>'Entertaining and humorous' ⭐⭐⭐⭐⭐<br><br><b><u>Praise for Rebecca Wait:</u></b><br><br>'IT'LL EASILY BE ONE OF MY BOOKS OF THE YEAR' Hannah Beckerman<br>'It's a warm book and a touching one. And did I mention it's funny? Just read it. You'll see' <i>The Times</i><br>'Funny, tender and sad' <i>Sunday Express</i><br>'If you liked Meg Mason's <i>Sorrow and Bliss</i>, you'll love this novel' <i>Good Housekeeping</i><br>'One of the richest explorations of family dysfunction I've read'<i> i newspaper</i><br>'Shades of Fleabag in this smart, funny drama' <i>Mail on Sunday</i><br>'An enjoyably bittersweet novel about a dysfunctional modern family' <i>Independent</i><br>'Razor-sharp ' <i>Observer</i><br>'One of the funniest novels you'll read this year' <i>Guardian</i></p>