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A thrilling and intoxicating tale of envy, revenge and the price of perfection, from the acclaimed author of THE GOLDENS

IT SHOULD HAVE BEEN HER …

For reluctant online sensation Crystal, university is her chance to escape the clutches of her controlling vlogger family. She finally has evidence to destroy her mother's picture-perfect online image. What she needs now is someone she can trust to help her expose the truth and burn it all down.

Crystal opens up to Alyssa, a fellow journalism student, and the two begin to form a friendship. But Alyssa is a secret superfan of Crystal’s family’s vlog – with an agenda of her own. Alyssa isn’t ready to say goodbye to her perfect surrogate family just yet … and she’ll do anything to be welcomed into the fold.

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‘One of the best debuts I’ve ever read – The Goldens is the influencer-starts-a-murder-cult story I never knew I needed. Dark, seductive and ruthlessly compelling’ Laura Steven, author of Our Infinite Fates

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The Goldens is a thoroughly insidious thriller, set in a glittering, decadent world that will lure you in just as surely as the cast’s characters fall to the influence of their intoxicating, charismatic leader’ Bea Fitzgerald, author of Girl, Goddess, Queen

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‘With creeping dread building to a nerve-shredding finale, The Goldens is sprinkled with the glamorous, the glittering and the gothic’ H. F. Askwith, author of A Dark Inheritance

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'Deliciously dark and incredibly cool … An unputdownable novel' The Bookseller

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‘A deftly plotted tale of toxic friendships, wild revelry and the tipping point of social-media darling to cult leader. If Serena van der Woodsen had the personality of Rebecca de Winter and decided to start a teen cult, The Goldens would be the result’ Rachel Greenlaw, author of Compass and Blade

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‘An unputdownable book fuelled by ride or die, toxic friendships and an irresistibly coquettish cult led by a social media influencer. The Goldens is feverish, sultry and tense – trust me, it’s unlike anything you’ve ever read’ Lucy Rose, author of The Lamb

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