Satisfyingly dark cleverly plotted and pleasingly Donna Tarttish Emma Flint Little DeathsSeamlessly 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 Cosmopolitans Best Books for 2023In there them us its everything youve ever wanted and youre going to love it.I promise. Ill 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 shes not charismatic dazzling and intimidatingly wealthy.Soon Clare is sucked into Tabithas enigmatic circle of friends and its all she hoped it would be. Until its not.Because they are not all they seem.And theyve been waiting for Clare.With friends like these who needs enemiesAn intoxicating feminist pageturner with shades of The Secret History and Promising Young Woman this novel will take youon a journey from Edinburghs 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 DarkPerfect for fans of dark academia stories like The Secret History and If We Were Villains CosmopolitanA deeply compelling story of friendships turned rotten Rosemary Hennigan The Truth Will OutDarwent has a great career as a thriller writer ahead of her Sunday TimesDark academia and twisted friendships in gothic Edinburgh what more could you want Cailean Steed HomeCreepy yet compulsive this impressive novel will stay with you long after reading HeatDark and compulsive this will have you turning the pages late into the night Sarah Bonner Her Perfect TwinThemes of obsession revenge and desire collide in a twisty dark and delicious feminist thriller Big IssueAn intriguing and complex heroine Phoebe Wynne MadamDarwent keeps the reader gu