📗 Libro en inglés ONE OF US

Intelligent darkly humorous and brilliantly written STANLEY TUCCI This is Elizabeth Day s writing at its finest DOLLY ALDERTON A tantalising portrait of privilege and power THE TIMESIn this compulsive story of betrayal old bonds and buried scandals one British establishment family comes face to face with the consequences of privilege and the true cost of power Martin and Ben were friends for decades best friends Martin would have said before the terrible events at Ben s 40th birthday party tore them apart So when Martin receives a surprise invitation back into the inner sanctum of the dazzling Fitzmaurice family after seven years of silence he can t resist the chance to get his revenge Ben has risen through the ranks of power and is now touted as the next Prime Minister But Martin can t help but notice certain flies in the ointment Ben s wife Serena for instance whose privileged existence is beginning to feel like a gilded cage Or their daughter Cosima an environmental activist fighting against everything her parents once stood for Or the disgraced MP Richard Take determined to make his big comeback And then there s Fliss the Fitzmaurice black sheep whose untimely death sparks more suspicion than closure Through their intertwined stories w