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If your best friend was in danger, you''d try to save her...wouldn''t you?

Are you ready to play?

Best friends Cleo and Rachel spend their evenings pretending to be people they''re not, inventing elaborate stories to escape the monotony of their real lives. It''s all harmless fun - until they play the game on the wrong person...

It''s your move now.

Five years later, Cleo is still struggling to come to terms with the night that destroyed her friendship with Rachel and almost cost them their lives. And then she receives a text: Rachel is missing. Have you seen her?

There''s only one person to blame.

Wracked with guilt for failing Rachel the last time they were in danger, Cleo races to find her friend. But could the past be repeating itself? Only this time, they''re caught up in a far darker game.

The rules don''t matter when the goal is revenge.


''A wonderfully dark, addictive, intriguing and twisty read'' Karen Hamilton, author of The Perfect Girlfriend

''Lauren North really knows how to reel you in'' Lesley Kara, bestselling author of The Rumour

''A deliciously gripping thriller; the twists blew my mind!'' Emma Curtis, author of Invite Me In


© Lauren North 2022 (P) Penguin Audio 2022

Brought to you by Penguin.

If your best friend was in danger, you''d try to save her...wouldn''t you?

Are you ready to play?

Best friends Cleo and Rachel spend their evenings pretending to be people they''re not, inventing elaborate stories to escape the monotony of their real lives. It''s all harmless fun - until they play the game on the wrong person...

It''s your move now.

Five years later, Cleo is still struggling to come to terms with the night that destroyed her friendship with Rachel and almost cost them their lives. And then she receives a text: Rachel is missing. Have you seen her?

There''s only one person to blame.

Wracked with guilt for failing Rachel the last time they were in danger, Cleo races to find her friend. But could the past be repeating itself? Only this time, they''re caught up in a far darker game.

The rules don''t matter when the goal is revenge.


''A wonderfully dark, addictive, intriguing and twisty read'' Karen Hamilton, author of The Perfect Girlfriend

''Lauren North really knows how to reel you in'' Lesley Kara, bestselling author of The Rumour

''A deliciously gripping thriller; the twists blew my mind!'' Emma Curtis, author of Invite Me In


© Lauren North 2022 (P) Penguin Audio 2022