If most men say they're one of the good guys then why are so many women afraid to walk alone
at night? 'Groundbreaking. Hall's take on a very contemporary subject is challenging
revelatory and controversial' - Sunday Times 'Razor-sharp spine-tinglingly convincing and
unputdownable.' - Lisa Jewell author of None of This is True 'One of the most daring and
intriguing writers working today' - Gillian Flynn author of Gone Girl 'I devoured this book'
- Lisa Taddeo author of Three Women 'Scorching smart and soaked in feminist rage' - Ellery
Lloyd author of The Club 'A dark dazzling shock to the system' - Chris Whitaker author of
We Begin at the End Cole is the perfect husband: a romantic supportive of his wife Mel's
career keen to be a hands-on dad not a big drinker. A good guy. So when Mel leaves him
he's floored. She was lucky to be with a man like him. Craving solitude he accepts a job on
the coast and quickly settles into his new life where he meets reclusive artist Lennie. Lennie
has made the same move for similar reasons. She is living in a crumbling cottage on the edge of
a nearby cliff. It's an undeniably scary location but sometimes you have to face your fears to
get past them. As their relationship develops two young women go missing while on a walk
protesting gendered violence right by where Cole and Lennie live. Finding themselves at the
heart of a police investigation and media frenzy it soon becomes clear that they don't know
each other very well at all. This is what happens when women have had enough. ' One of the
Good Guys is definitely one of the good ones' Val McDermid author of the Karen Pirie series
'An intriguing mix of psychological thriller and contemporary feminist fable' Daily Mail
'This book will hook you from the first page' Alice Feeney author of Daisy Darker 'It got
me by the throat and wouldn't let go. It's creepy thought-provoking compelling and so very
relevant' Julie Cohen author of Bad Men 'A mind-bending tour de force. Araminta Hall has
always been one of my favorite writers but what she has done here is groundbreaking. This
thriller is shocking twisted dark and absolutely on-point' Samantha Downing author of My
Lovely Wife 'A bold and on-point feminist thriller about gendered violence with Gone Girl
twistiness and narrator unreliability' Victoria Selman author of Truly Darkly Deeply
