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  • For Your Own Good

  • Written by: Samantha Downing
  • Narrated by: David Pittu
  • Length: 10 hrs and 37 mins
  • 4.2 out of 5 stars (43 ratings)

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For Your Own Good

Written by: Samantha Downing
Narrated by: David Pittu
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Publisher's Summary

Instant USA Today Best Seller

"Witty and macabre." (Caroline Kepnes)

"Slick and chilling." (Megan Miranda)

"I read all of her [books]. I've read everything." (Cecily Strong from SNL for Vanity Fair)

"A perfect summer book." (NPR)

USA Today best-selling author Samantha Downing is back with her latest sneaky thriller set at a prestigious private school - complete with interfer....

Teddy Crutcher has won Teacher of the Year at the prestigious 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 a few mysterious deaths on campus that’re looking more and more like murder or with the student digging a little too deep into Teddy’s personal life. His main focus is 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. If not, well, they’ll get what they deserve.

It’s really too bad that sometimes excellence can come at such a high cost.

©2021 Samantha Downing (P)2021 Penguin Audio
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What the critics say

“Holy revenge, Batman! This is a delicious page-turner with so many layers of revenge, you won’t soon forget. I absolutely loved watching how this unfolded starting with a jerk teacher at a prep school who thinks it’s his job to punish others into being better.... I’m super excited about this one so mark your calendars for July 20th.” (BookRiot)

"I'm a huge fan of Samantha Downing, who is masterful at creating diabolical characters and deliciously chilling plots. An absolutely terrific book!" (Sarah Pekkanen, New York Times best-selling author of The Wife Between Us)

"Samantha Downing serves up another cast of deliciously mendacious characters in 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." (Gilly Macmillan, New York Times best-selling author of What She Knew)

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unbelievable

unbelievable is the only word I can think of to describe this book. wow!! highly recommend

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not even close to as good as my lovely wife .....

narrators were great and it began great. this book has so many perspectives, It felt unfocused. The characters are all unlikable. I didn't care what happened to the characters, so I didn't finish it.

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