Friends Like These Intl : A Novel

Friends Like These Intl
Author(s): Kimberly McCreight

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Kim McCreight’s thrillers are smart, propulsive and impossible to put down.” Laura Dave, author of The Last Thing He Told Me

In this relentlessly twisty literary thriller fromNew York Timesbestselling author Kimberly McCreight, a desperate intervention brings together a group of college friends 10 years after graduationa reunion marked by lies, betrayal, and murder.

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Six college friends have reunited for a glamorous weekend in the Catskills, a decade after a fatal accident that nearly destroyed them. Keith, once the ringleader of the group, was a handsome charmer on the fast track to success. Now hes spiraling into addiction and stands at the edge of losing it all. This weekend is the last chance to save him.

But Keith, it turns out, is not the only one who needs saving.

By dawn on Sunday morning, a car has been found deep in the woodsone of the friends is dead, another is missing.When a local detective turns up to investigate, its clear the group is hiding something ominous.

Haunted by her sisters murder years ago, DetectiveJulia Scutt has her own share of problems. But shes a skilled detective, andknows a rehearsed story when she hears one. It is up to Julia to untangle a decade-long web of friendship, lies and betrayals to discover the truth. But first she needs to face her own pastincluding the secrets that could, in the end, offer the key to everything.

A story of unconditional love, obsession, and the sometimes-impossible choices we have to make in the name of loyalty, Friends Like Theseis a relentlessly twisty, roller-coaster of a novel.

Review(s):
A brilliantly constructed puzzle of a novel — using a shifting kaleidoscope of unique voices, McCreight hands us all the pieces and forces us to assemble them into a shocking portrait of regret, grief, and dark loyalty.
Riveting. . . . An entertaining puzzle.
“What a pleasure to race through a novel so tightly written and expertly twisty! Kimberly McCreight takes us through a juicy labyrinth of lies and secrets among a privileged set of friends youll love to hate, and hate to love. Sharp, dark, and a great escape.
Like other friend storiesMary McCarthys The Group and the television show Friendsthis one is about trust and betrayal, hate and love, and the group dynamics of people who were once held together by college but have gone their separate ways. And the ending is a shocker.
Friends Like These is a masterclass in thriller writing. Perfectly plotted and full of genuine surprises,this book had me rapt from start to finish. Kimberly McCreight is a sensational writer, and with Friends Like These she is at the top of her game.”
Years worth of friendship, secrets, coverups and lies lead to one intensely satisfying, jaw-dropping conclusion in this expertly plotted novel by master of suspense, Kimberly McCreight. Friends Like These is sensational, and makes you wonder how well you can everknow even your closest friends.
I was so thrilled to get an early look at KimberlyMcCreights newest, Friends Like These. I flew through the book in a day.With twists and turns and secrets on every page, and an ending you WILL NOT SEE COMING, this one is utterly unforgettable.
Shrewd, insightful. In this gripping standalone thriller, five self-centered friends who met in college are bound by guilt and fear dating back to an accidental death.
McCreight artfully delivers a solid psychological thriller with a twistedly complex plot. Readers who enjoy unraveling the mystery through numerous viewpoints as in The Guest List, by Lucy Foley, or Into the Water, by Paula Hawkins, will be sure to enjoy.

ISBN:9780063061590