{"product_id":"when-we-were-killers-9781804545751","title":"When We Were Killers","description":"\u003cp\u003e\u003cb\u003e'\u003ci\u003eSaltburn\u003c\/i\u003e meets \u003ci\u003eThe Secret History\u003c\/i\u003e in this gripping tale of alchemy and academia' IAN RANKIN\u003c\/b\u003e \u003c\/p\u003e\u003cp\u003e\u003c\/p\u003e\u003cb\u003e\u003ci\u003eTHE WATERSTONES SCOTTISH BOOK OF THE MONTH FOR MAY 2025\u003cbr\u003e\u003c\/i\u003e\u003cbr\u003eFive friends. One deadly obsession.\u003c\/b\u003e \u003cp\u003e\u003c\/p\u003eThe salt-scented quadrangles of St Andrews University greet misfit first-year student Finn Nethercott with indifference. This is a place where only privilege counts, and those from the right backgrounds can get away with murder. \u003cp\u003e\u003c\/p\u003eFinn is quickly seduced into a new circle of friends. Four history scholars obsessed with the deepest roots of ancient Scotland. They sweep him away on wild adventures to forgotten castles and faerie lochs. \u003cp\u003e\u003c\/p\u003eBut he soon discovers the darker sides of his new friendships: deadly rivalries, midnight rituals, and a desperate search for a long-lost hallucinogen. \u003cp\u003e\u003c\/p\u003eThen, as Finn is pulled into a world where he can't always trust what he's seen each night, the group's obsession turns deadly... \u003cp\u003e\u003c\/p\u003e\u003cb\u003eA shocking fever-dream of a thriller perfect for fans of M.L. Rio's \u003ci\u003eIf We Were Villains\u003c\/i\u003e, Ashley Winstead's \u003ci\u003eIn My Dreams I Hold a Knife\u003c\/i\u003e and Ellie Keel's \u003ci\u003eThe Four\u003c\/i\u003e.\u003c\/b\u003e \u003cp\u003e\u003c\/p\u003e'I was blown away by this visceral roar of a novel: erudite, pacy and deeply moving. Think \u003ci\u003eThe Secret History\u003c\/i\u003e on acid. Beautifully written and impossible to put down.'\u003cb\u003e J.S. MONROE, author of \u003ci\u003eFind Me\u003c\/i\u003e and \u003ci\u003eNo Place to Hide\u003c\/i\u003e\u003c\/b\u003e \u003cp\u003e\u003c\/p\u003e'\u003ci\u003eWhen We Were Killers\u003c\/i\u003e is a splintered gem of a book. Dark Academia at its seductive, shadowy best.'\u003cb\u003e MATTHEW HARFFY\u003c\/b\u003e \u003cp\u003e\u003c\/p\u003e'Next to impossible to put down... This is bloody brilliant.' \u003cb\u003eMICHAEL JECKS\u003c\/b\u003e \u003cp\u003e\u003c\/p\u003e'A stylish and darkly evocative thriller that it had me racing through the pages to reach the brilliant and unsettling conclusion.' \u003cb\u003eRUTH HOGAN\u003c\/b\u003e\u003cbr\u003e\u003cbr\u003e\u003cbr\u003e\u003cb\u003eAbout the Author\u003c\/b\u003e\u003cbr\u003e\u003cb\u003eC.F. Barrington \u003c\/b\u003eseems to be meandering north. Born in Southampton and raised in Hertfordshire, he moved to Cumbria in his 30s and then Fife in his 40s. He worries that his life now mirrors his spaniel's: running over hills in the mornings; eating biscuits most afternoons; then sleeping in front of the television (though without paws in the air). He is the author of the Pantheon thriller series, which tells of a deadly game featuring a cast of characters battling across the rooftops of Edinburgh.\u003cbr\u003e","brand":"Head of Zeus -- An Aries Book","offers":[{"title":"Default Title","offer_id":51414781493522,"sku":"9781804545751","price":13.99,"currency_code":"USD","in_stock":true}],"thumbnail_url":"\/\/cdn.shopify.com\/s\/files\/1\/0831\/4771\/8930\/files\/img_f5d3ae6b-4af3-40f3-a050-ce61b0ecb270.jpg?v=1751127617","url":"https:\/\/surprise-castle.myshopify.com\/products\/when-we-were-killers-9781804545751","provider":"Surprise Castle","version":"1.0","type":"link"}