A well-written and gripping ode to the stage. 'Pulls the reader in from the first page. 'Intriguing.a solid mystery that keeps the pages turning.' Recommended for readers with refined literary tastes, and those looking for 'something like' Donna Tartt.' 'A tale worthy of the Bard himself.ending in one final, astonishing twist. This novel about obsession at the conservatory will thoroughly obsess you.' 'Bloody, melodramatic, suspenseful debut. anyone who likes Donna Tartt s books will love If We Were Villains too.

The rest face their greatest acting challenge yet: convincing the police, and themselves, that they are blameless.Ĭleverly written and beautifully plotted. When tragedy strikes, one of the seven friends is found dead. But when the teachers change up the casting, a good-natured rivalry turns ugly, and the plays spill dangerously over into life. Detective Colborne is retiring, but before he does, he wants to know what really happened ten years ago.Īs a young actor studying Shakespeare at an elite arts conservatory, Oliver noticed that his talented classmates seem to play the same roles onstage and off – villain, hero, tyrant, temptress – though Oliver felt doomed to always be a secondary character in someone else’s story. On the day he’s released, he’s greeted by the detective who put him in prison. Oliver Marks has just served ten years for the murder of one of his closest friends – a murder he may or may not have committed. For fans of The Secret History and Ninth House. The bestselling dark academia novel where tragedy strikes at an elite Shakespeare conservatory. If We Were Villains: TikTok made me buy it! – BookaliciousMY

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