Our Kind of Cruelty, Araminta Hall
Our Kind of Cruelty, Araminta Hall
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Our Kind of Cruelty
A Novel

Author: Araminta Hall

Narrator: Eleanor Matsuura, Nick Hendrix

Unabridged: 8 hr 8 min

Format: Digital Audiobook Download

Published: 05/08/2018


Synopsis

"This is simply one of the nastiest and most disturbing thrillers I've read in years. In short: I loved it, right down to the utterly chilling final line." —Gillian Flynn, New York Times bestselling author of Gone Girl

A spellbinding, darkly twisted audiobook 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 be blissfully happy together.

It doesn’t matter that she hasn’t been returning his emails or phone calls.
It doesn’t matter that she says she’s marrying Angus.

It’s all just part of the secret game they used to play. If Mike watches V closely, he’ll see the signs. If he keeps track of her every move he’ll know just when to come to her rescue…

About Araminta Hall

Araminta Hall has an MA in creative writing and authorship from the University of Sussex, and teaches creative writing at New Writing South in Brighton, where she lives with her husband and three children. She is the author of Our Kind of Cruelty, which was named a best book of 2018 by CrimeReads and Real Simple.


Reviews

Goodreads review by Chelsea on March 13, 2018

This was a fun read, and I can easily see it being one of the most buzz worthy novels of 2018. I'm clearly in the minority with my middle of the road rating, but please don't let that cause you to pass this one by. If anything, I think this novel helped me realize that I'm not as compatible with sto......more

Goodreads review by Emily May on April 20, 2018

Everything is a game, V used to tell me; only stupid people forget that. I'm not sure how I feel about this book, to be honest. It was a little jarring to discover that it was nothing like I expected it to be. The title and blurb made me think this was going to be a really dark, possibly disturbi......more

Goodreads review by Debra on February 01, 2018

3.5 stars Love, Obsession, jealousy, rage, sex, lies - the perfect storm for a disturbing "love" story gone bad... Mike Hays had a rough start in life and wound up in foster care. Even he will admit that his permanent foster parents were loving and caring, but maybe not quite so loving and caring as,......more

Goodreads review by karen on June 27, 2018

my review is up over at LA review of books! [URL not allowed] finished! review will run on the LARB site closer to pub date, but i think this book is going to do all right - if you have a badass book club, you might want to put it on the list. ***********************************......more

Goodreads review by Theresa on May 04, 2018

This is a well-written novel about an obsessed man who is incapable of correctly interpreting social cues and a woman whose niceness and sexuality are used against her. Mike had a rough youth with an alcoholic mother who couldn’t take care of herself, let alone a child or a house. He often went with......more