Totally original and utterly compelling, with a voice all of its own, this is the outstanding new thriller from the no.1 internationally bestselling author of The Silent Patient, Alex Michaelides.This is a tale of murder.Or maybe that\'s not quite true. At its heart, it\'s a love story, isn\'t it?One spring morning, reclusive ex-movie star Lana Farrar invites a small group of her closest friends for a weekend away, on her small private island, just off the coast of Mykonos.Beneath the surface, old friendships conceal violent passions and resentments. And in forty-eight hours, one of them will be dead.But that was just the beginning...You may think you know this story. Think again.PRAISE FOR ALEX MICHAELIDES\'A deliciously dark, elegant, utterly compulsive read - with a twist that blew my mind\' Lucy Foley\'I read it in two nights and savoured every luscious word, every grim encounter, every startling twist\' David Baldacci\'The perfect thriller. I quite literally couldn\'t put it down\' A. J. Finn\'One of the best psychological thrillers I have ever read... one of the most shocking, mind-blowing twists in recent memory\' Blake Crouch\'Absolutely brilliant . . . I read it in a state of intense, breathless excitement\' Stephen Fry