'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 Sunday Times Bestseller Shortlisted for the Bloody Scotland
Crime Debut of the Year 2023 Longlisted for the McIlvanney Prize One 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 ' C osmopolitan '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 List Sunday Times bestseller
January 2023
