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For Your Own Good

  • Imprint: Michael Joseph

  • ISBN: 9780241446881

  • Length: 400  Pages

  • Dimensions: 240mm x 38mm x 156mm

  • Weight: 700g

  • RRP: £12.99

For Your Own Good

RELEASED 19/08/2021

'Dark, sly and delicious . . . totally original - and totally compelling' JP DELANEY, bestselling author of Playing Nice
'Samantha Downing is totally the real deal. Wry and dark and witty and clever' SARAH PINBOROUGH, bestselling author of Behind Her Eyes
'Wonderfully dark and twisty. I raced through it, desperate to know how it would end' BA PARIS
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Teddy Crutcher has won Teacher of the Year at the prestigious Belmont Academy. Everyone thinks he's brilliant. Only you know the truth.

They all smile when he tells us his wife couldn't be more proud - though if they stopped to think, they would realise no-one has seen her in a while.

They're impressed when he doesn't let anything distract him - even the tragic death of a school parent. Even when the whispers start, saying it was murder.

You're sure Teddy is hiding something about what happened that day. You're sure you can prove it.

You just didn't stop to think that when it comes to catching a killer, there's no place more dangerous than just one step behind...

PRAISE FOR SAMANTHA DOWNING

'Wow! My Lovely Wife is a stunner - full of twists, well-drawn characters, and riveting suspense' Harlan Coben

'The next Gone Girl' Marie Claire

'The twist at the end of the first chapter made me read through the night' Jane Corry

  • Imprint: Michael Joseph

  • ISBN: 9780241446881

  • Length: 400  Pages

  • Dimensions: 240mm x 38mm x 156mm

  • Weight: 700g

  • RRP: £12.99

Reviews

  • Samantha Downing is totally the real deal. Wry and dark and witty and clever. I didn't think she could outdo My Lovely Wife but I think this one tops it.

    Sarah Pinborough

  • Wonderfully dark and twisty. I raced through it, desperate to know how it would end

    BA Paris

  • Dark, sly and delicious...totally original - and totally compelling

    JP Delaney

  • I raced through this, and loved every twist and turn. Brilliant characterisation and ingenious plotting make it an absolute winner.

    Jill Mansell

  • I have loved all of the books by Samantha Downing, and this classroom thriller deserves an A+. Original, dark and highly addictive

    Alice Feeney

  • I'm a huge fan of Samantha Downing, who is masterful at creating diabolical characters and deliciously chilling plots. An absolutely terrific book!

    Sarah Pekkanen

  • Samantha Downing has achieved something so special in For Your Own Good. A story that is dark as night, sinister as hell, clever, twisting and downright fun

    Chris Whitaker

  • Samantha Downing serves up another cast of deliciously mendacious characters in an exclusive private school setting, where the deadly action drives a brilliantly tense, taut and twisty plot. I may never look at my coffee in the same way again

    Gilly Macmillan

  • A slick and chilling thriller, leading readers on a dark, sinuous journey through the halls of Belmont Academy-the type of place where you're never sure who to trust, or who to fear.

    Megan Miranda

  • Twistier than a corkscrew and utterly original, For Your Own Good hooked me from the first page with its dark humour and no-let-up suspense

    Victoria Selman

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About the Author

Samantha Downing

Samantha Downing was born in the Bay Area, and currently lives in New Orleans. Her debut novel, My Lovely Wife, was a Richard and Judy Book Club pick and a Sunday Times bestseller, and has been published in thirty languages. It won a Dead Good Reader Award, and was shortlisted for four other major awards: The CWA John Creasey Dagger, The Edgar Award for Best First Novel, The ITW Thriller Award for Best First Novel and The Macavity Award for Best First Mystery. There will also be a forthcoming film adaptation, produced by Nicole Kidman. Her second novel, He Started It, was also a Sunday Times bestseller.

Samantha Downing

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