Dark academia is turned inside out in this unsettling, propulsive thriller where home is not a sanctuary, isolation looms, and the future has evaporated…
THE FIVE OF US
August 25th 2026
Dark academia is turned inside out in this unsettling, propulsive thriller where home is not a sanctuary, isolation looms, and the future has evaporated…
THE FIVE OF US
The Five of Us is at once a story of vengeance, a coming of age novel, and an exploration of how seductive power can be once you realize you have it. A tense, dark gem of a thriller.
Tracy Sierra, Author of FALLON BOOK CLUB PICK Nightwatching
THE FIVE OF US is a brilliantly conceived story of rivalry, vengeance, and the terrible secrets that can lurk within even the closest of friendships. With gripping suspense, Gilbert imagines the lockdown world of Cuckoo, Wren, Goldie, Starling, and Crow with great imagination and twists galore. An unputdownable parable for our hypervigilant age.
Bruce Holsinger, AUTHOR OF OPRAH BOOK CLUB PICK CULPABILITY
V.A. VAZQUEZ, AUTHOR OF THE DEATH ROW CLUB
The suspense burns like a slow fuse until it explodes with one shocking twist after another.
Brian Freeman, New York Times Bestselling Author of Photograph
Eerie, eye-opening, and simmering with tension, The Five of Us is The Secret History for the lockdown generation. It’s Sian Gilbert’s most compelling novel yet – a haunting, unforgettable read.
KELLY AND KRISTINA MANCARUSO, AuthorS of RUMOURED
Wildly original and deliciously dark.
ELKA RAY, Author of A FRIEND INDEED
Gilbert’s coming-of-age tale with deeply explored themes of friendship takes a deadly twist as the group takes justice for the underprivileged into their own hands.
BOOKLIST
Also by Sian Gilbert…
She Started It
I Did Warn Her
Also by Sian Gilbert…
She Started It
A hot, twisty summer debut thriller about a Caribbean bachelorette party that takes a sinister turn. It’s Lord of the Flies meets And Then There Were None…but with Instagram and too much prosecco.
The party of a lifetime is nothing like what they expected…
I DID WARN HER
Endlessly twisty and delightfully voyeuristic, I Did Warn Her is a whodunnit on the high seas, where the dark secrets of the ultra-wealthy have nowhere to hide.
Think Below Deck with a body count…