A Sharp Scratch
  • Published: 29 June 2025
  • ISBN: 9780241740453
  • Imprint: Viking Fiction
  • Format: Hardback
  • Pages: 320
  • RRP: $55.00
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A Sharp Scratch

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3 Jun 2025
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29 May 2025
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29 Jun 2025
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From the bestselling author comes an atmospheric psychological suspense about what it means to be chronically unwell in a society obsessed with wellness.

We can fix you.

It's a promise that Betsy has heard far too many times. From the child psychologist, from her husband, and from the wellness trends that scream at her from her screen.

So far, it's been a lie.

But this time, she believes it. Because Betsy has been offered a place at Carn - a luxurious, unorthodox retreat, where healing really is possible. At Carn, she discovers that her imperfections make her unique, not weak. She isn't broken, just special.

All Betsy has to do is follow the rules . . .
  • Published: 29 June 2025
  • ISBN: 9780241740453
  • Imprint: Viking Fiction
  • Format: Hardback
  • Pages: 320
  • RRP: $55.00
Categories:

About the author

Heather Darwent

Heather Darwent is based just outside of Edinburgh. Originally from Yorkshire, she came to Scotland to study History of Art at the University of Edinburgh, like her character Clare, and ended up never quite leaving. When she's not writing, you'll find her reading chaotic non-fiction about Silicon Valley and swimming in the sea . . . or being unbearably boring in conversation about swimming in the sea. The Things We Do To Our Friends is her debut novel.

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Praise for A Sharp Scratch

Darwent has a great career as a thriller writer ahead of her

Sunday Times

Seamlessly blends Gone Girl and Promising Young Woman. Smart, sophisticated, seductive

S J Watson on The Things We Do To Our Friends

Intoxicatingly dark . . . this twisted thriller about toxic friendships makes for compulsive reading

Heat on The Things We Do To Our Friends

Satisfyingly dark, cleverly plotted and pleasingly Donna Tarttish

Emma Flint on The Things We Do To Our Friends