Fifteen years ago, three sixteen-year-old girls meet at Wescott, an exclusive private school in India.

Two, Sabah and Noor, are the most popular girls in their year. One, Alia, is a new arrival from England, who feels her happiness depends on their acceptance.

Before she knows it, Sabah and Noor’s intoxicating world of privilege and intimacy opens up to Alia and, for the first time, after years of neglect from her parents, she feels she is exactly where, and with whom, she belongs.

But with intimacy comes jealousy, and with privilege, resentment, and Alia finds that it only takes one night for her bright new world to shatter around her.

Now Alia, a cabinet minister in the Indian government, is about to find her secrets have no intention of staying buried . . .

This is a really well written plot. The atmosphere for the entire book is set from the first page and it is maintained right till the end.

The description and the development of each of the characters was so good. There is a suspense or a hidden agenda in almost each and every event that takes place in the lives of all the three main characters. The inclusion of some of the serious topics and issues prevalent in the Indian political system added the additional element.

Everything ties up together to make for a shocking and spectacular twist at the end. All in all, the secrets, lies, struggle for power and twists are what make this book an excellent and thrilling read.

Thank You NetGalley and Pan Macmillan for this ARC! ( )