The Wildelings By Lisa Harding

A vivid and compulsive story of obsession, control and guilt, set in Nineties Dublin – perfect for fans of dark academia’Arrives to fill the Secret History-shaped hole in your lives … Gloriously entertaining’ Observer, Books to look out for in 2025’A searing exploration into our deepest desires and insecurities. I adored it’ Heather Darwent’I was gripped by this dark and thrilling fable’ Dominic West’I was hooked from the very start’ Rachel Joyce____________________________________________________________Jessica and Linda have been best friends since the first day of school. Both girls are from very different broken homes – and beautiful, wilful Jessica has always ensured their survival.Now eighteen, the two girls have come to Wilde – an elite university in the heart of Dublin, far away from their troubled childhoods. Jessica thrives immediately, and, with the faithful Linda at her side, finds herself at the heart of a new circle of f