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THE DARKEST DEBUT OF THE YEAR.<\/strong><\/h2>\n

Unsettling, Uncomfortable, Unputdownable.<\/strong><\/h2>\n

***The paperback edition includes an exclusive deleted chapter***<\/p>\n

‘Sharp, powerful, tragic, addictive’ Chris Whitaker<\/strong><\/p>\n

‘Dark, compelling and beguiling’ Kate Mosse<\/strong><\/p>\n

‘An engrossing read’ The Sunday Times<\/em><\/strong><\/p>\n

‘Intensely gripping’ Karin Slaughter<\/strong><\/p>\n

‘Thrilling and deeply atmospheric’ Lucy Clarke<\/strong><\/p>\n

***<\/p>\n

Rose is sixteen when she arrives at High Realms boarding school, excited for the beginning of the rest of her life.<\/p>\n

By the time she leaves, she and the three other scholarship students will have made the choices that decide their future.<\/p>\n

Each one as heartbreaking and tragic as the last.<\/p>\n

***<\/p>\n

Readers are RAVING about THE FOUR:<\/strong><\/p>\n

‘A shockingly powerful debut? raw and unflinching, not for the faint of heart’ ?????<\/p>\n

‘Beautifully written and utterly brutal’ ?????<\/p>\n

‘Complex and heart wrenching and oh so gripping’ ?????<\/p>\n

‘If you can handle true emotional pain in your fiction, then don’t let this one pass you by’?????<\/p>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"

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