The instant Sunday Times best-seller and new must-read psychological dark academia thriller debut of 2025

Kate Mosse ''An intensely gripping, thrilling and darkly beautiful debut. I was hooked'' Karin Slaughter ''Sharp, powerful, tragic, addictive'' Chris Whitaker ''Impossible to put down'' Lucy Clarke We were always The Four. From our very first day at High Realms. The four scholarship pupils. Outsiders in a world of power and privilege. It would have made our lives a lot easier if Marta had simply pushed Genevieve out of our bedroom window that day. Certainly, it would have been tragic. She would have died instantly. But Marta didn''t push her then, or - if you choose to believe me - at any other time. If she had, all of what we went through would not have happened. I''ve told this story as clearly as I could - as rationally as I''ve been able, in the circumstances, to achieve. I don''t regret what we did. And I would do it all again. Reader reviews: ''A shockingly powerful debut... raw and unflinching, not for the faint of heart'' ''Beautifully written and utterly brutal'' ''Complex and heart wrenching and oh so gripping'' Praise for The Four : ''Suspenseful... an engrossing read'' The Sunday Times ''Addictive debut... sharp, compelling'' Adele Parks, Platinum ''Darkly disturbing and deeply atmospheric'' Heat ''One warning: clear your diary before you pick up this novel, as once you''ve read a handful of pages you will be hooked'' I News ...

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Ellie Keel is an award-winning producer and campaigner. She is the Founder Director of The Women's Prize for Playwriting, a literary prize and campaign for gender equality among writers for the stage in the UK and Ireland. In 2024 she was the youngest producer ever to win Producer of the Year in The Stage Awards. Her debut novel The Four was an instant Sunday Times bestseller. She is based in London.

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'An engrossing read' The Sunday Times'Sharp, powerful, tragic, addictive' Chris Whitaker

'Dark, compelling and beguiling' Kate Mosse

'Intensely gripping' Karin Slaughter

'Thrilling and deeply atmospheric' Lucy Clarke

Rose is sixteen when she arrives at High Realms boarding school, excited for the beginning of the rest of her life.

By the time she leaves, she and the three other scholarship students will have made the choices that decide their future.

Each one as heartbreaking and tragic as the last.

Readers are RAVING about THE FOUR:

'A shockingly powerful debut... raw and unflinching, not for the faint of heart'

'Beautifully written and utterly brutal'

'Complex and heart wrenching and oh so gripping'

'If you can handle true emotional pain in your fiction, then don't let this one pass you by'