Ava Anna AdaSummer is swelling around the village. Heat is surging, people are whispering about a great hungry wave, and in the garden, Anna is kicking her dying dog on the grass. But someone is watching her. The girl. Ava. Outside, the brutal summer blisters on. Inside, over the course of one claustrophobic week, Anna and Ava become caught up in their own world. Become swallowed by each otherness. But what does Ava really want? As faces fray and secrets

private detective Robin Ellacott doesn't know quite what to make of the situation

and finally to Barcelona

through good and bad

She begins to see that all around her others are similarly vanishing

she thinks Nick is perfect

In this city

before Soviet Realism became official art doctrine

and everything to lose

Have you heard the story about the bird that turned to stone

beauty and wonder of the wizarding world

sardonic and never despairing

The language they were looking for was mathematics