{"product_id":"cry-havoc-rebecca-wait-9798228694361","title":"Cry Havoc","description":"\u003cp\u003e\u003cb\u003e\"\"SCREAMING, CRYING, THROWING UP! \u003ci\u003eCry Havoc\u003c\/i\u003e is a fever worth catching, a gloomy and gorgeous pleasure.\"\" -- Maggie Thrash, author of \u003ci\u003eRainbow Black\u003c\/i\u003e\u003c\/b\u003e\u003c\/p\u003e\u003cp\u003e\u003cb\u003eA humorous dark academia novel, set in a failing English girls' school in the 1980s, in which a teen running from her past becomes immersed in a dangerous and intriguing mystery involving a shady new teacher and a strange contagion afflicting her classmates.\u003c\/b\u003e\u003c\/p\u003e\u003cp\u003eFleeing Scotland after a humiliating family scandal, sixteen-year-old Ida Campbell secures a scholarship at a failing girls' boarding school situated on the remote south English coast. Her new Headmistress--an eccentric woman obsessed with the Cold War and nuclear annihilation--seems surprised that the young woman accepted her offer, but Ida feels that St. Anne's could be a refuge--until she discovers that her roommate, the infamous Louise Adler, is a potential arsonist and hardened outcast.\u003c\/p\u003e\u003cp\u003eIda barely has time to make a good impression (or figure out what Louise's deal is) when Matthew Langfield, a new teacher, arrives. While the girls are all desperately intrigued to find out everything about him - after all, who takes a job at \u003ci\u003eSt. Anne's\u003c\/i\u003e? - the school's geography teacher, Eleanor Alston, has an uneasy feeling that he is not who he says he is. And things only get worse when a mysterious sickness starts to spread throughout the school, causing strange limb jerks and seizures among the pupils.\u003c\/p\u003e\u003cp\u003eWhat is happening to the girls of St Anne's? Are some of the girls faking these fits? Could someone be poisoning them? Is Matthew Langfield a smooth-tongued liar? Will Louise set the school on fire, or push a girl out of a window. . . again? And is Ida's past going to catch up with her, despite doing everything to keep it secret?\u003c\/p\u003e\u003cp\u003eExpertly melding the cloying atmosphere and eerie mystery of \u003ci\u003eThe\u003c\/i\u003e \u003ci\u003eSecret History\u003c\/i\u003e, \u003ci\u003eNinth House\u003c\/i\u003e, and \u003ci\u003eThe Fever\u003c\/i\u003e with the sharp wit and delightful absurdity of \u003ci\u003eDerry Girls, Cry Havoc\u003c\/i\u003e is a dazzling literary introduction to a whip smart, clever, and elegant writer.\u003c\/p\u003e\u003cbr\u003e\u003cbr\u003e\u003cb\u003eAuthor:\u003c\/b\u003e Rebecca Wait\u003cbr\u003e\u003cb\u003eISBN-13:\u003c\/b\u003e 9798228694361\u003cbr\u003e\u003cb\u003ePublisher:\u003c\/b\u003e HarperAudio\u003cbr\u003e\u003cb\u003eLanguage:\u003c\/b\u003e English\u003cbr\u003e\u003cb\u003ePublished:\u003c\/b\u003e 01\/20\/2026\u003cbr\u003e\u003cb\u003eFormat:\u003c\/b\u003e MP3 CD","brand":"Rebecca Wait","offers":[{"title":"MP3 CD","offer_id":48154224263423,"sku":"9798228694361","price":45.95,"currency_code":"USD","in_stock":false}],"thumbnail_url":"\/\/cdn.shopify.com\/s\/files\/1\/0662\/2982\/9887\/files\/img_bfff6a98-b8bf-45dd-b25a-df6c492fe0db.jpg?v=1770788730","url":"https:\/\/www.whiterainbookhouse.com\/products\/cry-havoc-rebecca-wait-9798228694361","provider":"WR Book House","version":"1.0","type":"link"}