One of the Good Guys

One of the Good Guys is a mind-bending tour de force. Araminta Hall has always been one of my favorite writers, but what she has done here is groundbreaking. This thriller is shocking, twisted, dark, and absolutely on-point

Samantha Downing, author of For Your Own Good and Twisted Love Story

One of the Good Guys is a riveting and kaleidoscopic look at women swept up in the current of toxic masculinity and the blowback when they pull themselves to safety. From art to media, Hall leaves no corner of the attack on women's safety and sanity unexplored in her adept and sharp multifaceted novel. Powerful and inspired – empowering and inspirational

Ivy Pochoda, author of These Women

Mind. Blown. The brilliant Araminta Hall has created an absolute tour de force of suspense. Provocative, surprising and entirely original, this tale of power and gender will not only have you looking at the world a different way, but will have you looking at yourself a different way . . . If you have a book club – wow – this one’s for you.

Hank Phillippi Ryan, author of The Other Woman and The Wrong Girl

One of the Good Guys has it all: pitch-perfect writing, superb characterization, innovative narration and deeply sophisticated storytelling. This book delves into the painful and messy complexities of misogyny, consent and gendered power dynamics with an unflinching narrative scalpel. I have long been a fan of Araminta Hall’s writing, and her latest book absolutely spearheads the razor-sharp new trend in feminist thrillers

Phillippa East, author of Little White Lies

A dark, original and thought-provoking read. This book will hook you from the first page and keep you thinking long after the last

Alice Feeney, author of Daisy Darker and Good Bad Girl

Wow, I loved this topical, clever and tricksy novel. A book for the #metoo generation that taps into all kinds of fears/hopes/difficulties that come with the movement. You’ll think one thing . . . and then another . . . and then another. With clever use of social media and newspaper pieces, the conclusion is a masterpiece. Highly recommend

Louise Swanson, author of End of Story

I am not easily shocked, but One of the Good Guys went places even my twisted mind had never imagined. Araminta Hall is a master of suspense, and her latest novel is a timely, thrilling tale that offers no easy villains or heroes, but loads of surprises. Beautifully written, deliciously tense and entirely surprising – I tore through it

Julia Dahl

A bold and on-point feminist thriller about gendered violence with Gone Girl twistiness and narrator unreliability

Victoria Selman, author of Truly, Darkly, Deeply and All the Little Liars

A dark, dazzling shock to the system. One of the Good Guys is clever, composed, exciting and frightening

Chris Whitaker, author of We Begin at the End

One of the Good Guys has everything I love in a novel: pitch-perfect storytelling and a twisty plot that plays out in a haunting, atmospheric setting. Araminta Hall has crafted an incisive feminist suspense novel about delusion, deception, and the poisonous nature of toxic masculinity. A daring, breathless read

Caitlin Mullen, author of Please See Us

It's so clever it blew my mind a bit. It's about men and women and trust and art and violence and safety. And it's just excellent

Laura Pearson, author of I Wanted You To Know

An absolutely thrilling tale, full of breathless cliffside terror and fresh feminist theory masked in tight, propulsive mystery. I devoured this book

Lisa Taddeo, author of Three Women

An intriguing mix of psychological thriller and contemporary feminist fable.

Daily Mail

One of the Good Guys is clever, crafty and thought-provoking. I felt like I was reading about events that were actually taking place in real time. We live in febrile times and this novel perfectly captures this zeitgeist. I can’t express this enough when I say, trust no one. Brilliant, timely and necessary.

Dorothy Koomson, author of My Other Husband and The Friend

One of the Good Guys doesn't just tell a story. It makes you think, it makes you angry, and it makes you want to read it again.

Caz Frear, author of Sweet Little Lies

A story that will stay with you long after the last page. Terrifying because it all reads so painfully true and familiar if you are a woman nowadays.

Laure Van Rensburg, author of Nobody But Us

Clever, disturbing, challenging, twisty and utterly compelling. A brilliant, thought-provoking novel for our times.

Peter James, author of the Roy Grace series

WOW. As compelling as it is arch; as shocking as it a salutary reminder of what it means to be a woman today. What a read!

Lizzy Barber, author of Out Of Her Depth

Truly chilling, enraging and satisfying all at the same time!

Harriet Tyce, author of Blood Orange

A thriller that is timely, unsettling and so very relevant. Superb.

David Fennell, author of The Art of Death

Neatly plotted

Literary Review

Part thriller, part social commentary on what it is to be a woman, this is a thought-provoking read.

Fabulous Magazine

As much a psychological thriller as a novel packed with sharp commentary about society and gender. . .

iNews

When two women go missing, a couple finds themselves at the heart of a police investigation and media frenzy in this psychological thriller about gender and power.

Irish Examiner

I love a good unreliable narrator story, and Araminta Hall’s One of the Good Guys is among the best I’ve read in ages. ... Hall is fantastically good at upending expectations and pulling the wool over her readers’ eyes, so I can’t say much more without giving things away – but this exploration of female rage isn’t what you think it’s going to be.

Observer

This twisty tale will keep you on your toes

Crime Monthly

Araminta Hall slowly and carefully brings the reader into the story, which highlights that no one is perfect or fully ‘good’, touching on issues of security and control.

Belfast Telegraph

A credible and confronting tale seething with insightful suspense

Woman’s Weekly

Compelling, provocative, dazzlingly clever.

CM Ewan, author of The House Hunt

Original, hauntingly dark, and so clever! Hall's feminist tour de force, One Of The Good Guys, shines a light on how easy it can be for strong women to be coerced and manipulated by 'good' men . . . and how easily these men hide in plain sight. A book that will stay with me for a long time.

Natali Simmonds, author of Good Girls Die Last

Razor-sharp, spine-tinglingly convincing and unputdownable I binged this in three sittings.

Lisa Jewell, author of None of This Is True