'The tension never wavers' Guardian 'Sultry and engrossing... Take it to the beach and savour
every page' Observer Summer's almost over and Alex is no longer welcome... Alex is a young
woman teetering on the edge. Behind on her rent and with nothing to keep her in New York she
agrees to spend August by the beach in the lavish house of the older man she's been seeing.
After one misstep at a dinner party she's dismissed with a ride to the station and a ticket
back to the city. But Alex decides to stay on the island charming her way into the lives of
the dazzlingly wealthy set who live there and leaving a trail of destruction behind her. Just
how long can she keep going before she's found out? 'A delicious dark-sided novel' Guardian
'Eerily captivating' Elle 'Compulsively readable' Independent
