Our Kind of Cruelty (Hardback)

"Simply one of the most disturbing thrillers I've read in years. In short, I loved it, right down to the utterly chilling final line." * Gillian Flynn *
"I tore through Our Kind of Cruelty - toxic love, obsession and the unflinching unravelling of a mind. Scarily plausible, a great read." * Ali Land *
"A propulsive and addictive study of the darkness of obsessive love. I was completely gripped from the first word to the last!" * Lisa Jewell *
"A tense, intelligent thriller which kept me gripped and guessing until the last page, and thinking long after that." * Erin Kelly *
"An addictive dive into dangerous, extreme obsession. A must-read for 2018" * Julia Crouch *
"Addictive and disturbing - like watching a slow motion car-crash through splayed fingers" * Tammy Cohen *
"Chilling. Disturbing. Addictive. Couldn't put this down." * Emma Flint *
"A perfect nightmare of a novel - as merciless a thriller as I've ever read. Astonishingly dark and sensationally accomplished." * AJ Finn *
"One of the most unsettling books I have read in a while - but brilliant ... Obsessive love has never been written so frighteningly in my book." * Woman's Way *
"Hall's feat of realising Mike's voice is brilliantly sustained ... and the novel gains a strong second wind by latterly turning into a courtroom drama." * Sunday Times *
"A story of obsession and self-delusion, as well as the pain that intense passion can bring, it is disturbing and thrilling." * Daily Mail *
"Readers of weary of domestic noir should pick up Our Kind of Cruelty, a splendidly written novel that gives the genre a shot in the arm ... pacily written and hugely involving .. I was gripped until the last pages." * Daily Express *
"A searing, chilling sliver of perfection . . . [Our Kind of Cruelty] may well turn out to be the year's best thriller." * The New York Times *
"In Araminta Hall's skilled hands, her narrator, Mike Hayes, becomes quite addictive company ... what makes Our Kind Of Cruelty so memorable is not its psychological portrait of a dysfunctional male, but the slow-burning thrills and chills... a highly enjoyable ride. " * Daily Express *
"Darkly addictive, this is set to be one of the most talked-about thrillers of the year" * Heat *
"This brilliant, thought-provoking thriller will keep you up at night" * Best *
"A chilling, thought-provoking portrait of obsessive love and desire" * What Cathy Read Next blog *
"If you liked The Girl on the Train and Apple Tree Yard you'll love Our Kind of Cruelty...A gripping courtroom drama, with a surprising feminist message" * Stylist *