Then Things Went Dark

Six people land on a desert island ready to make their reality show debut. But three weeks and eighteen episodes later, five of the six contestants sit in a Portuguese police station, and none of them are winners. Because twelve million people were watching when Rhys Sutton died. The best friend, the rival, the girlfriend, the lover, and the sworn enemy are left standing. And no-one is talking. But how do you keep secrets when the world has been watching? Especially when, just a day before his murder, Rhys was the most hated man on television.

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Bea Fitzgerald is a Sunday Times bestselling author and content creator who has swiftly become one of the UK's biggest YA stars. Her bestselling debut Girl, Goddess, Queen was shortlisted for the Waterstones Children's Book Prize, and won the Romantic Novelists' Association Fantasy Romance of the Year. Her follow-up, The End Crowns All, was an instant bestseller, and was shortlisted for the YA Book Prize 2025. Her third YA novel, A Beautiful Evil, was also an instant bestseller. Bea's work has been translated widely across the globe, and when she's not writing, she's entertaining her followers on TikTok and Instagram with her mythology-themed comedy account @chaosonolympus.

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Six Contestants. One Murder. Twelve Million Witnesses.

The reality show no one will ever forget.

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Rhys Sutton dies suddenly on a desert island.

12 million people watch it happen - before the TV producers pull the plug.

Rhys was one of six reality show contestants.

The other five - best friend, rival, girlfriend, lover, sworn enemy - are now suspects.

Because Rhys was the most hated man on TV.

What happened on the island? Which secrets did the cameras miss? And who'd commit a crime in front of millions?