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A group of Harvard alums have played a secret game for decades but as the stakes rise, deadly consequences emerge from old lies. An unputdownable debut thriller for readers of the suspenseful novels of Julia Bartz and Katy Hays.
Harvard promised them everything.
Ambitious futures, peers who pushed each other toward their absolute best, and an education that would open doors for the rest of their lives. And though they started out as roommates, Sara, Bee, Dina, Allie, Wesley, and Claudine soon became family. They had their whole bright lives ahead of them—until their senior year, when a shocking tragedy changed everything…read more

Alissa Lee is the author of With Friends Like These (Simon & Schuster). She was previously Associate General Counsel, head of the Asia Pacific and Latin America legal teams, and Chief Operating Officer, Legal, at Google, and a graduate of Harvard College and Harvard Law School. Although fiercely proud of her New Jersey roots, she now lives in the Bay Area with her husband and Rhodesian Ridgeback.
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