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Sinister, suspenseful and stirring, Araminta Hall’s One of the Good Guys sees a set of women take the patriarchy by the scruff of the neck and squeeze the living daylights out of it. In an era of women uniting under the #MeToo movement, while #notallmen gathers momentum and misogynist Reddit groups are on the rise, this gripping novel of feminist revenge couldn’t be timelier. With an unreliable narrator initially at the helm – Hall has a deft knack for misdirection — and multi-layered twists and shocks, this is an absolute belter of a book.
On first meeting Cole through his first-person narrative, his situation is likely to spark sympathy. Having been left by his wife, Mel, he’s moved to the countryside to start a new life, perplexed as to why Mel can’t see he’s one of the good guys and why she treated him so badly: “She was so mean to me in the end, so spiteful and hurtful… Sometimes I almost feel scared of her, like she would do me harm if she could.”
In his new village, he strikes up a bond with Lennie, a reclusive artist who lives on the edge of a cliff. It’s on the cliff that Cole encounters two young women protesting gendered violence on a high-profile walk. The aftermath that comes as a result of the women going missing is entirely unexpected, with jaw-dropping revelations also coming courtesy of episodes from the past.
Electric and suspenseful as it explores “enough is enough” rage, One of the Good Guys is a conversation-sparking page-turner for our times.
Joanne Owen
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One of the Good Guys Synopsis
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 EndCole 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'A bold and on-point feminist thriller about gendered violence with Gone Girl twistiness and narrator unreliability'Victoria Selman, author of Truly, Darkly, Deeply.
About This Edition
ISBN: |
9781035018123 |
Publication date: |
30th January 2025 |
Author: |
Araminta Hall |
Publisher: |
Pan Books an imprint of Pan Macmillan |
Format: |
Paperback |
Pagination: |
336 pages |
Primary Genre |
Thriller and Suspense
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