'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 2023In 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 pageturner 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 h Heather Darwent The Things We Do To Our Friends Paperback Book in White