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For Your Own Good de Samantha Downing

For Your Own Good

Autor Samantha Downing
en Limba Engleză Hardback – 31 dec 1899

Cine supraveghează pe cel care educă? Descoperim în For Your Own Good o confruntare brutală între imaginea publică impecabilă și o realitate interioară sinistră. Teddy Crutcher este profesorul model la Belmont Academy. Elevii îl admiră, colegii îl felicită. Totuși, sub zâmbetul său de „Profesor al Anului”, remarcăm o absență tulburătoare: soția sa a dispărut din peisaj. Tensiunea crește insuportabil când moartea suspectă a unui părinte rupe liniștea instituției. Suntem martorii unui joc de-a șoarecele și pisica unde cel care investighează se află mereu cu un pas în urma unui prădător calculat. La intersecția dintre The Teacher de Katerina Diamond și What I Told My Friends, această lucrare combină atmosfera claustrofobică a unei școli de elită cu portretul psihologic al unui sociopat care crede că orice acțiune este justificată „spre binele victimei”. Samantha Downing revine la tema măștilor sociale pe care a explorat-o în My Lovely Wife, însă aici mută focarul de la intimitatea cuplului către dinamica de putere dintr-o comunitate academică. Stilul este tăios, cu propoziții care lovesc rapid, lăsând cititorul fără suflare în fața unei minți care nu cunoaște remorderea. Subliniem aici o evoluție a autoarei către un suspans mult mai cerebral, unde pericolul nu vine din umbră, ci stă chiar la catedră, în plină lumină.

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Specificații

ISBN-13: 9780593100974
ISBN-10: 0593100972
Pagini: 384
Dimensiuni: 154 x 233 x 34 mm
Greutate: 0.59 kg
Editura: Penguin Publishing Group

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Recomandăm acest roman polițist celor care caută o perspectivă unică asupra figurii „răufăcătorului”. Dacă ați apreciat tensiunea din mediile academice și personajele care manipulează totul cu sânge rece, For Your Own Good vă va capta atenția imediat. Câștigați o incursiune fascinantă în psihologia justificării crimei, totul într-un ritm alert care transformă o școală de prestigiu într-un teren minat.

Despre autor

Samantha Downing este o autoare de succes, cunoscută la nivel internațional pentru abilitatea de a transforma scenarii domestice sau profesionale obișnuite în coșmaruri psihologice. Romanul său de debut, My Lovely Wife, a fost selecția clubului de carte Richard & Judy și a propulsat-o în topurile Sunday Times. Prin lucrări precum He Started It și A Twisted Love Story, Downing s-a specializat în explorarea secretelor întunecate ale unor oameni aparent normali. Locuiește în New Orleans, unde continuă să scrie thrillere apreciate pentru umorul negru și răsturnările de situație imprevizibile.

Descriere scurtă

"Just finished reading this wonderfully dark, twisty and compelling thriller set in a prestigious private school. I raced through it, desperate to know how it would end" --B.A. ParisA slick and chilling thriller, leading readers on a dark, sinuous journey through the halls of Belmont Academy--the type of place where you're never sure who to trust, or who to fear.--Megan Miranda "Dark, sly and delicious...totally original--and totally compelling."--JP Delaney "I'm a huge fan of Samantha Downing."--Sarah Pekkanen USA Today bestselling author Samantha Downing is back with her latest sneaky thriller set at a prestigious private school--complete with interfering parents, overeager students, and one teacher who just wants to teach them all a lesson... Teddy Crutcher has won Teacher of the Year at the esteemed Belmont Academy, home to the best and brightest. He says his wife couldn't be more proud--though no one has seen her in a while. Teddy really can't be bothered with the death of a school parent that's looking more and more like murder or the student digging a little too deep into Teddy's personal life. His main focus is on pushing these kids to their full academic potential. All he wants is for his colleagues--and the endlessly meddlesome parents--to stay out of his way. It's really too bad that sometimes excellence can come at such a high cost.

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You want the absolute best for your child, and everyone agrees that's Belmont Academy.

At first you were impressed by Mr Crutcher, with his dedication to his students.

But something isn't right at that school.

It starts with small things . . . A teacher falling sick. Rumours about a former pupil going off the rails. Of course, you never guessed it could end in murder.

And now you have no idea who will be next . . .
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'Wonderfully dark and twisty. I raced through it, desperate to know how it would end' B.A. Paris

'Dark as night, sinister as hell, clever, twisting and downright fun' Chris Whitaker

Praise for Samantha Downing:

'Wow! My Lovely Wife is a stunner - full of twists, well-drawn characters, and riveting suspense' Harlan Coben

'The next Gone Girl' Marie Claire
 

Recenzii

Samantha Downing istotally the real deal. Wry and dark and witty and clever.I didn't think she could outdoMy Lovely Wifebut I think this one tops it.
An irresistibly dark tale of parents, pupils and poison: the American dream turned suburban nightmare
Dark, sly and delicious...totally original - and totally compelling
Wonderfully dark and twisty. I raced through it, desperate to know how it would end
I raced through this, andloved every twist and turn.Brilliant characterisation and ingenious plottingmake it an absolute winner.
I have loved all of the books by Samantha Downing, and this classroom thriller deserves an A+.Original, dark and highly addictive
I'm a huge fan of Samantha Downing, who is masterful at creatingdiabolical characters and deliciously chilling plots.An absolutely terrific book!
Samantha Downing has achieved something so special inFor Your Own Good.A story that is dark as night, sinister as hell, clever, twisting and downright fun
Samantha Downing serves up another cast of deliciously mendacious charactersin an exclusive private school setting,where the deadly action drives a brilliantly tense, taut and twisty plot. I may never look at my coffee in the same way again
Entertaining as hell, with trademark Downing twistedness. I loved it.
A slick and chilling thriller,leading readers on a dark, sinuous journey through the halls of Belmont Academy-the type of place whereyou're never sure who to trust, or who to fear.
Twistier than a corkscrew and utterly original,For Your Own Goodhooked me from the first pagewith its dark humour and no-let-up suspense
Wow! Samantha Downing has done it again.For Your Own Goodis utterly compelling, deliciously dark, and with perfect pacing that will have you racing to find out how it ends. I absolutely loved it
Adeliciously dark, fast-paced delight of a novelwith a maybe-maybe-not villain you'll secretly be rooting for. Highly recommended
Downing's spare prose packs a wallop as she deftly ratchets up the suspense with every hairpin turn of this lean, mean, surprising, and utterly propulsive thriller
So dark and twisted, so deliciously evil, it'll not only make you frantically turn those pages to find out who's targeting whom, but the wry sense of humor will have you laughing out loud, too.Another phenomenal wild-ride of a read from one of the crime-writing community's most talent authors. Bet you'll never look at high school the same way again
For Your Own Goodis a fresh take on the elite school thriller andthe perfect page turner
Witty and macabrewith a psycho teacher who is so real to me
Praise for Samantha Downing
We're calling it: My Lovely Wife isthe most gripping psychological thriller of 2019... this book will keep you reading late into the night
One of my favourite thrillers of the year- I couldn't stop reading but didn't want it to end.Dark, chilling and compelling
Wow!My Lovely Wifeis a stunner- full of twists, well-drawn characters, and riveting suspense
One of the best thrillers I've ever read
So beautifully and elegantly written. . . A great twist -I loved it