-A searing, chilling sliver of perfection . . . May well turn out to be the year-s best thriller.- -Charles Finch, The New York Times Book Review
-This is simply one of the nastiest and most disturbing thrillers I-ve read in years. I loved it, right down to the utterly chilling final line.- -Gillian Flynn
A spellbinding, darkly twisted novel about desire and obsession, and the complicated lines between truth and perception, Our Kind of Cruelty introduces Araminta Hall, a chilling new voice in psychological suspense.
This is a love story. Mike-s love story.
Mike Hayes fought his way out of a brutal childhood and into a quiet, if lonely, life before he met Verity Metcalf. V taught him about love, and in return, Mike has dedicated his life to making her happy. He-s found the perfect home, the perfect job; he-s sculpted himself into the physical ideal V has always wanted. He knows they-ll b