Sweat
Published on 30. January 2025
Book
Hardback
400 pages
978-1-5291-5412-2 (ISBN)
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.
***
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'
'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.
***
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'
Reviews / Votes
Taut, compulsive, and unsettling ... SWEAT 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 * Part pulsing psychological thriller, part subversive meditation on the way we use (and abuse) our bodies, part noir-ish twisted revenge fantasy, 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 * Sunday Times * A maze-like game of revenge. Unsettling. Blends a critique of wellness culture with a slow-burn feminist thriller * Observer * Emma Healey's tale of control and revenge will have you hooked till the final page -- The Style List * Stylist * If you spend all of January trying to avoid diet culture, then you need to read this book * Cosmopolitan * A modern thriller about revenge, self-discipline, and control -- Eva Wiseman * Observer Magazine * Taut and twisty ... claustrophobic psychological tale ... becomes a slow-burn revenge thriller. Takes full advantage of shifting perspectives and disorientating power dynamics as acts of retribution escalate * Mail on Sunday *More details
Language
English
Place of publication
United Kingdom
Publishing group
Cornerstone
Dimensions
Height: 220 mm
Width: 141 mm
Thickness: 36 mm
Weight
500 gr
ISBN-13
978-1-5291-5412-2 (9781529154122)
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Schweitzer Classification
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E-Book
01/2025
Penguin (Cornerstone)
€8.99
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Person
Emma Healey grew up in London and completed her first degree in bookbinding. She then worked for libraries, bookshops, art galleries and universities before studying for the MA in Creative Writing at UEA in 2010. She is the author of Whistle in the Dark, and Elizabeth is Missing, which was a Sunday Times Bestseller, won the Costa First Novel Award 2014, and was made into a BBC film starring Glenda Jackson. She lives in Norwich with her husband, daughter and cat, and regularly volunteers for Vision Norfolk with a group of visually impaired, and incredibly imaginative, creative writers.