For Your Own Good [Paperback] Downing Samantha

A gripping thriller set amongst the teachers, students and families of a prestigious school - Big Little Lies meets Gillian FlynnSamantha Downing's totally distinctive style has won her praise from an enormous range of her fellow bestselling authors, with sensational quotes from Sophie Hannah, JP Delaney, BA Paris, TM Logan, Harlan Coben and more. Robert Downey Jr has partnered with Berlanti Productions to develop For Your Own Good into a limited series for HBO Max, the platform which has had huge success with series such as Mare of Easttown and The Flight AttendantMy Lovely Wife was a Richard and Judy Book Club pick and Sunday Times bestseller. The novel won a Dead Good Readers Award, has been shortlisted for every major UK and US debut thriller award, and has sold 100,000 copies in PB. Film rights have been optioned by Amazon Prime and Nicole KidmanWith her second novel, He Started It, a Sunday Times bestseller, Samantha Downing became the first American suspense writer to begin her career with back-to-back bestsellers since Shari LapenaSamantha 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.An irresistibly dark tale of parents, pupils and poison: the American dream turned suburban nightmareDark, sly and delicious...totally original - and totally compellingWonderfully dark and twisty. I raced through it, desperate to know how it would endFans of Gone Girl and Big Little Lies will love this fast-paced thrillerI raced through this, and loved every twist and turn. Brilliant characterisation and ingenious plotting make it an absolute winner.I have loved all of the books by Samantha Downing, and this classroom thriller deserves an A+. Original, dark and highly addictive A brilliant psychological black comedy with a really fresh feel, packed with sly observation and outrageous twists. But creepy Crutcher is the standout character who is truly awful and equally compellingI'm a huge fan of Samantha Downing, who is masterful at creating diabolical characters and deliciously chilling plots. An absolutely terrific book!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 funSamantha 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 againEntertaining as hell, with trademark Downing twistedness. I loved it.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.Dark, twisty, fun, and so originalTwistier than a corkscrew and utterly original, For Your Own Good hooked me from the first page with its dark humour and no-let-up suspenseWow! Samantha Downing has done it again. For Your Own Good is utterly compelling, deliciously dark, and with perfect pacing that will have you racing to find out how it ends. I absolutely loved itA deliciously dark, fast-paced delight of a novel with a maybe-maybe-not villain you'll secretly be rooting for. Highly recommendedA dark and twisty plot you'll race to finishA brilliant psychological thrillerDowning's spare prose packs a wallop as she deftly ratchets up the suspense with every hairpin turn of this lean, mean, surprising, and utterly propulsive thrillerSo dark and twisted, so deliciously evil, it'll not only make you frantically turn those pages to find out who's targeting whom, but the wry sense of humor will have you laughing out loud, too. Another phenomenal wild-ride of a read from one of the crime-writing community's most talent authors. Bet you'll never look at high school the same way againFor Your Own Good is a fresh take on the elite school thriller and the perfect page turnerWitty and macabre with a psycho teacher who is so real to meWell-orchestratedPraise for Samantha DowningWe're calling it: My Lovely Wife is the most gripping psychological thriller of 2019... this book will keep you reading late into the nightOne of my favourite thrillers of the year - I couldn't stop reading but didn't want it to end. Dark, chilling and compellingWow! My Lovely Wife is a stunner - full of twists, well-drawn characters, and riveting suspenseOne of the best thrillers I've ever readSo beautifully and elegantly written . . . A great twist - I loved it

THE GRIPPING NEW PSYCHOLOGICAL THRILLER FROM THE RICHARD & JUDY BESTSELLING AUTHOR OF MY LOVELY WIFE

'Totally the real deal' SARAH PINBOROUGH
'Brilliant' DAILY MAIL
'Irresistibly dark' T.M. LOGAN
'Dark, sly and delicious' J.P. DELANEY
'Absolutely terrific' SARAH PEKKANEN
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You want the absolute best for your child, and everyone agrees that's Belmont Academy.

At first you were impressed by Mr Crutcher, with his dedication to his students.

But something isn't right at that school.

It starts with small things . . . A teacher falling sick. Rumours about a former pupil going off the rails. Of course, you never guessed it could end in murder.

And now you have no idea who will be next . . .
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'Wonderfully dark and twisty. I raced through it, desperate to know how it would end' B.A. Paris

'Dark as night, sinister as hell, clever, twisting and downright fun' Chris Whitaker

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