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''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 Sleep
''A deeply compelling story of friendships turned rotten'' Rosemary Hennigan, The Truth Will Out

*Sunday Times Bestseller*
*Shortlisted for the Bloody Scotland Crime Debut of the Year 2023*
*Longlisted for the McIlvanney Prize*
*Top Ten eBook bestseller*
*One of Cosmopolitan''s Best Books for 2023*
*One of Apple''s Best of the Month*
*One of FT''s Best New Debut Fiction*
*Heat Book of the Week*

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Clare arrives at the University of Edinburgh with a secret. This is her chance for a blank slate: to find the right people and reinvent herself.

And then she meets Tabitha.

Tabitha is charismatic, beautiful and intimidatingly wealthy. Soon Clare i

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Seamlessly blends Gone Girl and Promising Young Woman. Smart, sophisticated, seductive' -- S J Watson, Before I Go To Sleep
Satisfyingly dark, cleverly plotted and pleasingly Donna Tarttish -- Emma Flint, Little Deaths
Perfect for fans of dark academia stories like The Secret History and If We Were Villains -- Cosmopolitan
Darwent has a great career as a thriller writer ahead of her' -- Sunday Times

The Things We Do To Our Friends

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    A Hardback by Heather Darwent

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      Publisher Penguin Books Ltd
      Published 12 January 2023
      ISBN-13 9780241538821
      978-0241538821
      ISBN-10 0241538823
      Also in:
      Feminism and feminist theory

      Description

      Book Synopsis

      ''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 Sleep
      ''A deeply compelling story of friendships turned rotten'' Rosemary Hennigan, The Truth Will Out

      *Sunday Times Bestseller*
      *Shortlisted for the Bloody Scotland Crime Debut of the Year 2023*
      *Longlisted for the McIlvanney Prize*
      *Top Ten eBook bestseller*
      *One of Cosmopolitan''s Best Books for 2023*
      *One of Apple''s Best of the Month*
      *One of FT''s Best New Debut Fiction*
      *Heat Book of the Week*

      ------

      Clare arrives at the University of Edinburgh with a secret. This is her chance for a blank slate: to find the right people and reinvent herself.

      And then she meets Tabitha.

      Tabitha is charismatic, beautiful and intimidatingly wealthy. Soon Clare i

      Trade Review
      Seamlessly blends Gone Girl and Promising Young Woman. Smart, sophisticated, seductive' -- S J Watson, Before I Go To Sleep
      Satisfyingly dark, cleverly plotted and pleasingly Donna Tarttish -- Emma Flint, Little Deaths
      Perfect for fans of dark academia stories like The Secret History and If We Were Villains -- Cosmopolitan
      Darwent has a great career as a thriller writer ahead of her' -- Sunday Times

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