Chloe Roberts has it all: top grades, a clear path to Head Girl, and a coveted place in Morton Academy’s secret society, Jewel and Bone. But betrayal cuts deep when her best friend, Nikhita, steals both her title and her boyfriend in one calculated move.
Humiliated, Chloe digs into Jewel and Bone’s shadowy history and uncovers something worse than rivalry. The school loathes the Jewels, and a sinister “Book of Crime and Punishment” lists their sins. When members of the society start turning up dead, suspicion runs rampant, and the line between loyalty and survival blurs.
Cynthia Murphy’s Keep Your Friends Close is a sharp, addictive dark academia thriller where ambition is deadly, trust is fragile, and every secret could cost a life.
