Patricia Highsmith meets The White Lotus in this surprising and suspenseful modern gothic story following a couple running from both secretive pasts and very present dangers while honeymooning on a Greek island. 'Fantastically gripping...this is fiction roaring on all cylinders.' --The Guardian 'A work of peculiar gonzo genius...Thomas takes a glamorous late-capitalist setting, with ros and catamarans...and warps it into a story that is surprising, humane and political to its bones.' --The New York Times Still reeling from the chaos of their wedding, Evelyn and Richard arrive on a tiny Greek island for their honeymoon. It's the end of the season and a storm is imminent. Determined to make the best of it, they check into the sun-soaked rooms of Villa Rosa. Already feeling insecure after seeing the 'beautiful people,' the seemingly endless number of young models and musicians lounging along the Mediterranean, Evelyn is wary of the hotel's owner, Isabella, who seems to only have eyes for
