One of the Good Guys: Unravelling The Mystery Of The Perfect Husband (Paperback) - Araminta Hall

The blistering feminist thriller from critically acclaimed writer Araminta Hall.

'Every single woman out there needs to read this, because you either know this man, or you know a woman who knows this man' - @bookwormescapes

'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

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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.

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'This book will hook you from the first page' - Alice Feeney, author of Daisy Darker

'Groundbreaking' - Sunday Times

About the Author

Araminta Hall has worked as a writer, journalist and teacher. Her first novel, Everything & Nothing, was published in 2011 and became a Richard & Judy read that year. Her second, Dot, was published in 2013.

She teaches creative writing at New Writing South in Brighton, where she lives with her husband and three children.