'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 SleepSunday Times BestsellerShortlisted for the Bloody Scotland
Crime Debut of the Year 2023Longlisted for the McIlvanney PrizeOne of Cosmopolitan's Best Books
for 2023------In there them us it's everything you've ever wanted and you're going to love
it. I promise. I'll look after you. All her life Clare has never fit in. So when she arrives at
Edinburgh University she seizes the chance to reinvent herself. Then she meets Tabitha who is
everything she's not: charismatic dazzling and intimidatingly wealthy. Soon Clare is sucked
into Tabitha's enigmatic circle of friends and it's all she hoped it would be. Until it's not.
Because they are not all they seem. And they've been waiting for Clare. With friends like these
who needs enemies?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'A deeply compelling story of friendships turned rotten' Rosemary Hennigan The
Truth Will Out'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 ListSunday Times bestseller
January 2023
