One of the Good Guys - Araminta Hall

''Araminta is one of the most daring and intriguing writers working today. This is a resonant, razor-laced and dangerously glittering novel'' Gillian Flynn''An absolutely thrilling tale, full of breathless cliffside terror and fresh feminist theory masked in tight, propulsive mystery. I devoured this book'' Lisa Taddeo*********If most men say they’re one of the good guys, then why are so many women afraid to walk alone at night?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 . . .*********‘A dark, dazzling shock to the system. One of the Good Guys is clever, composed, exciting and frightening’Chris Whitaker''S
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