{"product_id":"good-samaritans-9781912374373","title":"Good Samaritans","description":"\u003cb\u003eShortlisted for Best Independent Voice at the Amazon Publishing Readers' Awards \u003c\/b\u003e\u003cp\u003e\u003c\/p\u003e Longlisted for the \u003ci\u003eGuardian's\u003c\/i\u003e Not the Booker Prize \u003cp\u003e\u003c\/p\u003e THRILLER OF THE YEAR in \u003ci\u003eGUARDIAN, TELEGRAPH\u003c\/i\u003e AND \u003ci\u003eDAILY EXPRESS\u003c\/i\u003e \u003cp\u003e\u003c\/p\u003e 'Totally addictive. Like Fight Club, only darker' \u003cb\u003eS.J. Watson\u003c\/b\u003e \u003cp\u003e\u003c\/p\u003e 'I loved this book. Dark and at times almost comical, a great blend of crime thriller and the darkest imaginable domestic noir' \u003cb\u003eSarah Pinborough\u003c\/b\u003e \u003cbr\u003e _________________ \u003cp\u003e\u003c\/p\u003e\u003cb\u003eDark, deviant and disturbing domestic noir ... one of the most entrancing, sophisticated and page-turning psychological thrillers of the year...\u003c\/b\u003e \u003cp\u003e\u003c\/p\u003e One crossed wire, three dead bodies and six bottles of bleach... \u003cp\u003e\u003c\/p\u003e Seth Beauman can't sleep. He stays up late, calling strangers from his phonebook, hoping to make a connection, while his wife, Maeve, sleeps upstairs. A crossed wire finds a suicidal Hadley Serf on the phone to Seth, thinking she is talking to The Samaritans. \u003cp\u003e\u003c\/p\u003e But a seemingly harmless, late-night hobby turns into something more for Seth and for Hadley, and soon their late-night talks are turning into day-time meet-ups. And then this dysfunctional love story turns into something altogether darker, when Seth brings Hadley home... \u003cp\u003e\u003c\/p\u003e And someone is watching... \u003cp\u003e\u003c\/p\u003e\u003cb\u003eDark, sexy, dangerous and wildly readable, \u003ci\u003eGood Samaritans\u003c\/i\u003e marks the scorching return of one of crime fiction's most exceptional voices.\u003c\/b\u003e \u003cbr\u003e _________________ \u003cp\u003e\u003c\/p\u003e 'So dark, so cool' \u003cb\u003eLisa Howells, \u003ci\u003eHeat Magazine\u003c\/i\u003e\u003c\/b\u003e \u003cp\u003e\u003c\/p\u003e 'Will Carver's invigoratingly nasty novel ... is a bleak vision of life: not the whole truth of it, thank god, but true enough to impart to the reader the thrill of genuine discomfort, presented with the chilly conviction of Simenon's most unflinching romans dues and just as horribly addictive' \u003cb\u003eJake Kerridge, \u003ci\u003eThe Telegraph\u003c\/i\u003e\u003c\/b\u003e \u003cp\u003e\u003c\/p\u003e 'Carver weaves these strands together for an unsettling but compelling mixture of the banal, the horrific and, at times, the near-comic, wrong-footing the reader at every turn' \u003cb\u003eLaura Wilson, \u003ci\u003eGuardian\u003c\/i\u003e\u003c\/b\u003e \u003cp\u003e\u003c\/p\u003e 'In this frantic read in sheer overdrive, Carver appeals to the worst voyeur in all of us and delivers the goods with a punch and a fiendish sense of pace and dark humour ... my type of noir' \u003cb\u003eMaxim Jakubowski, \u003ci\u003eCrime Time\u003c\/i\u003e\u003c\/b\u003e \u003cp\u003e\u003c\/p\u003e 'Must Read ' \u003cb\u003e\u003ci\u003eDaily Express\u003c\/i\u003e\u003c\/b\u003e \u003cp\u003e\u003c\/p\u003e 'Beautiful, gripping and disturbing in equal measure, a postcard from the razor's edge of the connected world we live in' \u003cb\u003eKevin Wignall\u003c\/b\u003e \u003cp\u003e\u003c\/p\u003e 'Possibly the most interesting and original writer in the crime-fiction genre, and I've loved his books for years. \u003ci\u003eGood Samaritans\u003c\/i\u003e \u003cp\u003e\u003c\/p\u003e is his best to date - dark, slick, gripping, and impossible to put down. You'll be sucked in from the first page' \u003cb\u003eLuca Veste\u003c\/b\u003e \u003cp\u003e\u003c\/p\u003e 'Oh My God, \u003ci\u003eGood Samaritans\u003c\/i\u003e is amazing. I'm a little in love with your writing Will Carver' \u003cb\u003eHelen FitzGerald, Author of \u003ci\u003eThe Cry\u003c\/i\u003e\u003c\/b\u003e \u003cp\u003e\u003c\/p\u003e 'Sick ... in the best possible way. Will Carver delivers a delicious slice of noir that will have you reeling' \u003cb\u003eMichael J. Malone\u003c\/b\u003e \u003cp\u003e\u003c\/p\u003e 'If you're looking for a genuinely creepy thriller, checkout \u003ci\u003eGood Samaritans\u003c\/i\u003e... completely enthralled' \u003cb\u003eMargaret B Madden\u003c\/b\u003e \u003cp\u003e\u003c\/p\u003e 'Dark, edgy, disturbing, shocking and sexy. It's also highly original and one of the best thrillers of the year ... You need to read this book' \u003cb\u003eMichael Wood\u003c\/b\u003e\u003cbr\u003e\u003cbr\u003e\u003cb\u003eBinding Type:\u003c\/b\u003e Paperback\u003cbr\u003e\u003cb\u003ePublisher:\u003c\/b\u003e Orenda Books\u003cbr\u003e\u003cb\u003ePublished:\u003c\/b\u003e 01\/01\/2020\u003cbr\u003e\u003cb\u003eISBN:\u003c\/b\u003e 9781912374373\u003cbr\u003e\u003cb\u003ePages:\u003c\/b\u003e 318\u003cbr\u003e\u003cb\u003eWeight:\u003c\/b\u003e 0.70lbs\u003cbr\u003e\u003cb\u003eSize:\u003c\/b\u003e 7.70h x 5.00w x 1.10d","brand":"Will Carver","offers":[{"title":"Default Title","offer_id":36670445617308,"sku":"9781912374373","price":13.56,"currency_code":"USD","in_stock":false}],"thumbnail_url":"\/\/cdn.shopify.com\/s\/files\/1\/0473\/0804\/6492\/products\/img_1126d4b6-b4e5-4c80-9797-97269d457cf8.jpg?v=1603922686","url":"https:\/\/pastforward.org\/products\/good-samaritans-9781912374373","provider":"Past Forward","version":"1.0","type":"link"}