The Things We Do to Our Friends

By: Heather Darwent

Narrated by: Kristin Atherton

Brought to you by Penguin.

You'd die for them.

They'd kill for you...

What is the cost of an extraordinary life if others have to pay?

Clare arrives at the University of Edinburgh with a secret. This is her chance for a blank slate—to finally become who she was meant to be.

And then she meets Tabitha.

Tabitha is charismatic, beautiful and intimidatingly rich. Soon Clare is sucked into her enigmatic circle of friends and their dizzying world of champagne on rooftops and summers in France.

Her new life has begun.

Then Tabitha reveals the little project they're working on, a project they need Clare's help with. And Clare can't say no.

Because they know what she did...

An intoxicating feminist pause-resister with shades of The Secret History and Promising Young Woman, this novel will take you on a journey from Edinburgh's dazzling spires to the dripping staircases and dark alleyways of its underbelly.

©2023 Heather Darwent (P)2023 Penguin Audio

Critic reviews

"One of the best suspense debuts I've read . . . startlingly lovely, like a fine, dark silk shivering on your skin." (Julia Heaberlin, We Are All the Same in the Dark)

"A brilliantly unsettling and memorable protagonist." (Rosemary Hennigan)

"Sinister, compelling, utterly spellbinding. I couldn't put it down!" (Vikki Patis, Girl, Lost)