C.F. Barrington on When We Were Killers

C.F. Barrington on When We Were Killers

Dark Academia has finally come to St Andrews University! Join C.F. Barrington for his breakout debut, When We Were Killers.

Five friends. One deadly obsession.

The salt-scented quadrangles of St Andrews University greet misfit first-year student Finn Nethercott with indifference. This is a place where only privilege counts, and those from the right backgrounds can get away with murder.

Finn is quickly seduced into a new circle of friends. Four history scholars obsessed with the deepest roots of ancient Scotland. They sweep him away on wild adventures to forgotten castles and faerie lochs.

But he soon discovers the darker sides of his new friendships: deadly rivalries, midnight rituals, and a desperate search for a long-lost hallucinogen.

Then, as Finn is pulled into a world where he can’t always trust what he’s seen each night, the group’s obsession turns deadly…

A shocking fever-dream of a thriller perfect for fans of M.L. Rio’s If We Were Villains, Ashley Winstead’s In My Dreams I Hold a Knife and Ellie Keel’s The Four.

C.F. Barrington was raised in Hertfordshire and now divides his time between Fife and the Lake District. Follow him on www.cfbarrington.com