A vivid and compulsive story of obsession control and guilt set in Nineties Dublin - perfect
for fans of dark academia and Donna Tartt's The Secret History Jessica and Linda has been best
friends since the first day of school. Both girls are from very different broken homes - and
beautiful wilful Jessica has always ensured their survival. Now eighteen the two girls have
come to Wilde - an elite university in the heart of Dublin far away from their troubled
childhoods. Jessica thrives immediately and with the faithful Linda at her side finds
herself at the heart of a new circle of friends. But then Mark enters the picture. A
philosophy student a few years older than them he has strange and compelling ideas about
self-discovery. When Linda and Mark start dating Jessica is disturbed by the change in her
friend - and how quickly she seems to have fallen under this abrasive charismatic man's
control. It turns out that Mark's influence is not limited to Linda alone and Jessica soon
finds out that her whole group of friends are keeping secrets for him - culminating in a
terrible tragedy that strikes at the end of their first year. Years later Jessica is still
grappling with her guilt over what happened at Wilde. And when Mark resurfaces she knows she
owes it to herself - and Linda - to set the record straight once and for all.
