The Things We Do to Our Friends
By Heather Darwent

Satisfyingly dark, cleverly plotted and pleasingly Donna Tarttish'and Emma Flint,and Little Deaths'Seamlessly blendsand Gone Girland andand Promising Young Woman.and Smart, sophisticated, seductive'and 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 2023------In 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 page-turner with shades ofand The Secret Historyand andand 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'and Julia Heaberlin,and We Are All the Same in the Dark'Perfect for fans of dark academia stories likeand The Secret Historyand andand If We Were Villains'and Cosmopolitan'A deeply compelling story of friendships turned rotten'and Rosemary Hennigan,and The Truth Will Out'Darwent has a great career as a thriller writer ahead of her'and Sunday Times'Dark academia and twisted friendships in gothic Edinburgh - what more could you want?' Cailean Steed,and Home'Creepy yet compulsive, this impressive novel will stay with you long after reading'and Heat'Dark and compulsive, this will have you turning the pages late into the night'and Sarah Bonner,and Her Perfect Twin'Themes of obsession, revenge and desire collide in a twisty, dark and delicious feminist thriller'and Big Issue'An intriguing and complex heroine'and Phoebe Wynne,and Madam'Darwent keeps the reader guessing. Any time the balance of power appears to settle, the plot takes another twist'and Scotland on Sunday'Such an immersive, surprising, impressive debut'and Niamh Hargan,and Twelve Days In May'Power, privilege and the most toxic of friendships. All set against the stunning backdrop of Edinburgh'and Carys Jones,and The ListSunday Timesand bestseller, January 2023