The Four

THE DARKEST DEBUT OF THE YEAR.

Unsettling, Uncomfortable, Unputdownable.

'Sharp, powerful, tragic, addictive' Chris Whitaker

‘Dark, compelling and beguiling’ Kate Mosse

‘An engrossing read' The Sunday Times

‘Intensely gripping’ Karin Slaughter

‘Thrilling and deeply atmospheric’ Lucy Clarke

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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.

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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’⭐⭐⭐⭐⭐

Ellie Keel's book 'The Four' was a Sunday Times bestseller w/c 2024-04-08.


Genre: Mystery

"Poignant and tragic, visceral and cruel, it's about the best and the worst of what makes us human." - Emma Flint

"This is The Secret History for millennials." - Daisy Goodwin

"Very stylishly done and chilling too." - Georgina Moore

"A dark, compelling and beguiling novel of revenge, guilt and love - Ellie Keel is a dazzling new voice." - Kate Mosse

"An intensely gripping, thrilling and darkly beautiful debut. I was hooked." - Karin Slaughter

"Immersive academic noir set in a boarding school dominated by a toxic ruling cadre, with four teens striving for survival in the baroque horror of that claustrophobic world." - Harriet Tyce

"Sharp, powerful, tragic and addictive." - Chris Whitaker