'Satisfyingly dark cleverly plotted and pleasingly Donna Tarttish' Emma Flint Little Deaths
'Seamlessly blends Gone Girl and Promising Young Woman. Smart sophisticated seductive' S J
Watson Before I Go To Sleep 'A deeply compelling story of friendships turned rotten' Rosemary
Hennigan The Truth Will Out *Sunday Times Bestseller* *Shortlisted for the Bloody Scotland
Crime Debut of the Year 2023* *Longlisted for the McIlvanney Prize* *Top Ten eBook bestseller*
*One of Cosmopolitan's Best Books for 2023* *One of Apple's Best of the Month* *One of FT's
Best New Debut Fiction* *Heat Book of the Week* ------ Clare arrives at the University of
Edinburgh with a secret. This is her chance for a blank slate: to find the right people and
reinvent herself. And then she meets Tabitha. Tabitha is charismatic beautiful and
intimidatingly wealthy. Soon Clare is sucked into her enigmatic circle of friends and their
dizzying world of champagne on rooftops and summers in France. Her new life has begun. Then
Tabitha reveals the little project they're working on a project they need Clare's help with.
It's reckless possibly perilous and might finally allow Clare to become who she was meant to
be... But how much is an extraordinary life worth if others have to pay? An intoxicating
feminist page-turner with shades of The Secret History and Promising Young Woman this novel
will take youon a journey from Edinburgh's dazzling spires to the dripping staircases and dark
alleyways of its underbelly. ------ 'Startlingly lovely like a fine dark silk shivering on
your skin' Julia Heaberlin We Are All the Same in the Dark 'Perfect for fans of dark academia
stories like The Secret History and If We Were Villains' Cosmopolitan 'Darwent has a great
career as a thriller writer ahead of her' Sunday Times 'Dark academia and twisted friendships
in gothic Edinburgh - what more could you want?' Cailean Steed Home 'Creepy yet compulsive
this impressive novel will stay with you long after reading' Heat 'Dark and compulsive this
will have you turning the pages late into the night' Sarah Bonner Her Perfect Twin 'Themes of
obsession revenge and desire collide in a twisty dark and delicious feminist thriller' Big
Issue 'An intriguing and complex heroine' Phoebe Wynne Madam 'Darwent keeps the reader
guessing. Any time the balance of power appears to settle the plot takes another twist'
Scotland on Sunday 'Such an immersive surprising impressive debut' Niamh Hargan Twelve Days
In May 'Power privilege and the most toxic of friendships. All set against the stunning
backdrop of Edinburgh' Carys Jones The List
