Ellie Keel

The Four (eBook, ePUB)

A Novel

• Format: ePub

Produktbeschreibung

An intensely gripping, thrilling and darkly beautiful debut. I was hooked. Karin Slaughter, #1 New York Times bestselling author

A dark academia suspense debut perfect for fans of The Secret History and If We Were Villains, The Four follows a group of scholarship students whose dreams become a reality when they are accepted into an exclusive boarding school, but they are soon bound by a dark secret that could save one of them... or destroy them all.

I don't regret what we did. And I would do it all again.

Each of the four had, for their own reasons, been desperate to come to High Realms. Marta, Rose, Sami, and Lloyd beat out thousands of applicants for spots at one of the most exclusive private schools in the UK, whose alumni can be found at the highest levels of society. As the only scholarship students in the class of 1999, the four form a crucial comradery as they navigate the school's web of rivalries, honor, loyalty, and revenge.

Because within the maze of red brick buildings, between the stables and the vast old library, a sinister undercurrent of violence is brewing. And when one of the four reveals a devastating secret, each of the friends must wonder what risks they will take to remain at High Realms.

What follows is a hauntingly atmospheric and compulsively page-turning academic noir that explores the secretive world of elite institutions and the complex and often dangerous bonds of friendship.

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Produktdetails

• Verlag: HarperCollins
• Seitenzahl: 448
• Erscheinungstermin: 20. August 2024
• Englisch
• ISBN-13: 9780063394391
• Artikelnr.: 69497098

Autorenporträt

Ellie Keel is an award-winning producer and campaigner. She is the Founder Director of The Women's Prize for Playwriting, a literary prize and campaign for gender equality among writers for the stage in the UK and Ireland. In 2022 she was the youngest producer ever to be shortlisted for Producer of the Year in The Stage Awards. She is based in London. The Four is her debut novel.

Rezensionen

'Haunting and tragic, a tale revealing the ugliness of adolescence - and humanity' Cecelia Ahern

'A dark, stylish debut, it hooks you until the final denouement' Sunday Independent

'Poignant and tragic, visceral and cruel, it's about the best and the worst of what makes us human' Emma Flint

'Dark academia fans rejoice: this should be on your to-be-read pile... At times bittersweet, at others extremely sad, this is a tragically beautiful tale that embraces everything that adolescence offers' Belfast Telegraph

'Very stylishly done and chilling too' Georgina Moore

'The Four shakes up A Secret History with Mallory Towers to concoct a horrifically thrilling, emotionally gripping story of adolescent fear, pride, and loyalty' Louisa Young

_'This dark, intense novel is hugely addictive' Fabulous

'Immersive academic noir set in a boarding school dominated by atoxic ruling cadre, with four teens striving for survival in the baroque horror of that claustrophobic world' Harriet Tyce

'The Four is a dark, thrilling and deeply atmospheric thriller. Impossible to put down!' Lucy Clarke

'One of the best debuts I've read in a long time' Caroline Corcoran

'An enjoyable melodramatic romp' Gloss

'A spellbinding story' Glamour

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