With Friends Like These
A Novel
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“A heady mix of dark academia, spiraling stakes, and tangled loyalties.” —Ruth Ware, New York Times bestselling author
A group of Harvard alums have played a secret game for decades but as the stakes rise, deadly consequences emerge from old lies. A “terrific” (Jess Walter, #1 New York Times bestselling author) debut thriller for readers of the suspenseful novels of Julia Bartz and Katy Hays.
Harvard promised them everything.
At eighteen years old, Sarah and her five young roommates had bright futures, close-knit friendships, and an education that would open doors for the rest of their lives. They felt limitless—until their senior year, when a shocking tragedy changed everything.
Twenty years later, the five remaining roommates still indulge in a secret tradition they’ve kept alive since their campus days: the Circus, a harmless assassin-style game played across the private rooms and secret alleys of New York City. The game is the glue that keeps them close and a nod to the sixth roommate they lost too young, but this time they discover a small fortune will go to the winner of this year’s game. As the Circus unfolds, Sara suspects the others aren’t playing by the rules. When the game heats up and the roommates start pointing fingers, she discovers that even her closest friends have been keeping secrets that now threaten to destroy them all.
PUBLISHERS WEEKLY
Five former college roommates see the past rear its ugly head in Lee's overfamiliar debut. Sara, Dina, Allie, Wesley, and Bee have gone in different directions in the two decades since they graduated from Harvard: some have achieved their dreams, while others—like narrator Sara, who aspired to be a fine art photographer but settled for a stale advertising career—never got them off the ground. The friends are bound, however, by the Circus, an elaborate "killing game" they play each year in which they hunt down and pretend to murder each other. On her way to discuss the latest round of the Circus, Sara sees what she believes to be an apparition of the crew's friend Claudine, whose death has haunted her for decades. It turns out to be the first in a series of disturbing events, most of which occur after the announcement that the prize for this year's Circus (courtesy of some wise investments on Wesley's part) is nearly $1 million. Ignoring the warning signs, Sara decides to give her all to chasing the jackpot—with dangerous results. Lee weighs down her premise with predictable reveals and wonky pacing. This disappoints. Agents: Michelle Brower and Danya Kukafka, Trellis Literary.
