'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
