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EVERY SECRET HAS A MELTING POINT Will the killer be revealed before the frost thaws? Winter comes to Avon Murray and as the town weathers the snowstorm, the body of a schoolgirl, Tasha Barcroft, is found frozen beneath the river. The blizzard disguises all evidence and with no way to extract her body, everyone has a theory about who killed Tasha Barcroft. The investigation falls on Inspector Dafydd Todor, his disgraced reputation following him to Avon Murray, and rumours of his past failures linger on the lips of his colleagues. Faced with real police work, his doubts leave heavy impressions in the snow. Could the killer be Lucas Farringdon, son of a local businessman and Tasha's boyfriend? Her grandmother certainly thinks so. Yet she too is hiding a secret; an alcoholic daughter who is prone to violent outbursts. Is the killer the strange man who lives in the woods? Or the goth girl that Tasha bullied relentlessly? Todor must act quickly before the case turns cold.

Through extensive archival research and interviews, this book offers an in-depth exploration of Christine Brooke-Rose's innovative literary journey. It examines her evolution from a social satirist in the late 1950s to a pioneer of experimental writing in the 1960s, and her later engagement with poststructuralism and digital themes. The narrative situates her work within significant historical contexts, such as her role at Bletchley Park during WWII and the cultural upheavals of May 1968, ultimately advocating for a reevaluation of her contributions to literature and life writing.

The Experimentalists is a collective biography, capturing the life and times of the British experimental writers of the swinging 1960s. A decade of research, including as-yet unopened archives and interviews with the writers' colleagues, is brought together to produce a comprehensive history of this ill-starred group of renegade writers. Whether the bolshie B.S. Johnson, the globetrotting Ann Quin, the cerebral Christine Brooke-Rose, or the omnipresent Anthony Burgess, these writers each brought their own unique contributions to literature at a time uniquely open to their iconoclastic message. The journey connects historical moments from Bletchley Park, to Paris May '68, to terrorist groups of the 1970s. A tale of love, loss, friendship and a shared vision, this book is a fascinating insight into a bold, provocative and influential group of writers whose collective story has gone untold, until now.