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.

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.

"The king of all unreliable narrators, [with] enough twists and turns to power two novels" DAVID BALDACCI

"A proper, grown-up thriller that exudes class from every page... A very special book " JANICE HALLETT

"A classic, twisting, brilliant murder mystery.Clever, and fiendishly fun" CHRIS WHITAKER*********

** 'There were seven of us in all, trapped on the island.One of us was a murderer . . .'**On a small private Greek island, former movie star Lana Farrar - an old friend - invites a select group of us to stay.

It'll be hot, sunny, perfect. A chance to relax and reconnect - and maybe for a few hidden truths to come out.

Because nothing on this island is quite what it seems.

Not Lana. Not her guests.

Certainly not the murderer - furiously plotting their crime . . .

But who am I?My name is Elliot Chase, and I'm going to tell you a story unlike any you've ever heard.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**