For Your Own Good
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  • Published: 17 May 2022
  • ISBN: 9781405945639
  • Imprint: Michael Joseph
  • Format: Paperback
  • Pages: 400
  • RRP: $26.00

For Your Own Good

The most addictive psychological thriller you’ll read this year

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17 May 2022
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5 Aug 2021
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5 Aug 2021
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The darker it gets, the harder it is to put down: the deliciously twisted third novel from the double Sunday Times bestselling Samantha Downing

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 actually, 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. You're sure you can prove it.

It's just that when it comes to catching a killer, there's no place more dangerous than just one step behind . . .
  • Published: 17 May 2022
  • ISBN: 9781405945639
  • Imprint: Michael Joseph
  • Format: Paperback
  • Pages: 400
  • RRP: $26.00
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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. Amazon Studios and Nicole Kidman's Blossom Films have partnered to produce a feature film based on the novel.

Her second novel, He Started It, was also a Sunday Times bestseller and her third novel, For Your Own Good, will soon be adapted for HBO Max by Robert Downey Jr. and Greg Berlanti.

Also by Samantha Downing

My Lovely Wife
A Twisted Love Story
He Started It
Too Old For This
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