The Things We Do to Our Friends by Heather Darwent

她是一个渴望归属感的局外人，但在这个令人陶醉的文学悬疑处女作中，进入的代价可能是她最黑暗的秘密，它追随爱丁堡大学一群危险的雄心勃勃的学生。

苏格兰的爱丁堡：一个充满情调的城市，迷宫般的小巷、压抑的雾气和被掩埋的历史；是一个需要隐藏的人的最终目的地。对克莱尔来说是完美的，她完全孤独地来到这里，渴望重塑自己。还有什么地方比位于传说中铺满鹅卵石的老城中心的大学更能隐藏她过去的黑暗秘密呢？

当克莱尔在艺术史课上遇到塔比莎–一个有魅力、美丽、令人生畏的富家女时，她知道自己注定要与她和她的专属圈子成为朋友：放荡的塞缪尔、精明的艾娃和务实的伊莫金。克莱尔立即被吸引到他们的自由主义世界中，参加精致的晚宴和在法国的夏天。她一直为自己设想的新生活似乎已经开始。

然后，塔比莎透露了她一直在做的一个小项目，她需要克莱尔的帮助。尽管这违背了克莱尔努力忏悔的一切。尽管他们的亲密关系开始变得暗淡，变成了依赖关系。但当克莱尔开始意识到她的朋友们的能力时，已经为时已晚。因为他们已经采取了冒险行动。他们是如此接近他们想要的东西。而且已经没有回头路了。
如果别人必须付出代价，那么不平凡的生活的代价是什么？我们对朋友做的那些事》以原创的、阴险的方式重塑了迷恋和奋斗的经典主题，是一部诱人的惊悚片，讲述了拥有者和觊觎者之间的毒战–在真正属于自己的欲望和被真正了解的危险之间。

She’s an outsider desperate to belong, but the cost of entry might be her darkest secret in this intoxicating debut of literary suspense following a clique of dangerously ambitious students at the University of Edinburgh.

Edinburgh, Scotland: a moody city of labyrinthine alleyways, oppressive fog, and buried history; the ultimate destination for someone with something to hide. Perfect for Clare, then, who arrives utterly alone and yearning to reinvent herself. And what better place to conceal the dark secrets in her past than at the university in the heart of the fabled, cobblestoned Old Town?

When Clare meets Tabitha, a charismatic, beautiful, and intimidatingly rich girl from her art history class, she knows she’s destined to be friends with her and her exclusive circle: raffish Samuel; shrewd Ava; and pragmatic Imogen. Clare is immediately drawn into their libertine world of sophisticated dinner parties and summers in France. The new life she always envisioned for herself has seemingly begun.

And then Tabitha reveals a little project she’s been working on, one that she needs Clare’s help with. Even though it goes against everything Clare has tried to repent for. Even though their intimacy begins to darken into codependence. But as Clare starts to realize just what her friends are capable of, it’s already too late. Because they’ve taken the plunge. They’re so close to attaining the things they want. And there’s no going back.
What is the cost of an extraordinary life if others have to pay? Reimagining the classic themes of obsession and striving with an original and sinister edge, The Things We Do to Our Friends is a seductive thriller about the toxic battle between those who have, and those who covet–between the desire to truly belong, and the danger of being truly known.