Bartz, Julia – The Bell Bookshop https://www.bellbookshop.co.uk Henley-on-Thames Wed, 14 Jun 2023 16:34:40 +0000 en-GB hourly 1 https://wordpress.org/?v=6.9 https://www.bellbookshop.co.uk/wp-content/uploads/2020/08/cropped-Bell-Background-Blue-32x32.png Bartz, Julia – The Bell Bookshop https://www.bellbookshop.co.uk 32 32 The writing retreat https://www.bellbookshop.co.uk/product/the-writing-retreat/ Thu, 02 Mar 2023 00:00:00 +0000 https://www.bellbookshop.co.uk/?post_type=product&p=30726 The dark, atmospheric, feminist offspring of The Hunting Party, Squid Game and Misery.

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The dark, atmospheric, feminist offspring  of Squid Game,  The Hunting Party  and  Misery

A book deal to die for.

Five attendees are selected for a month-long writing retreat at the remote estate of Roza Vallo, the controversial high priestess of feminist horror. Alex, a struggling writer, is thrilled.

Upon arrival, they discover they must complete an entire novel from scratch, and the best one will receive a seven-figure publishing deal. Alex’s long-extinguished dream now seems within reach.

But then the women begin to die.

Trapped, terrified yet still desperately writing, it is clear there is more than a publishing deal at stake at Blackbriar Estate. Alex must confront her own demons – and finish her novel – to save herself.

This unhinged, propulsive, claustrophobic closed-door thriller will pull you in and spit you out?

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