One of the Good Guys: Unravelling The Mystery Of The Perfect Husband

The Perfect Husband is a gripping novel about two young women who go missing while on a walk protesting gendered violence, and the two men who become embroiled in the police investigation and media frenzy. It is a daring and intriguing read that will keep you hooked until the very end.
The Perfect Husband is a gripping novel about two young women who go missing while on a walk protesting gendered violence, and the two men who become embroiled in the police investigation and media frenzy. It is a daring and intriguing read that will keep you hooked until the very end.

Format: Paperback / softback
Length: 336 pages
Publication date: 13 February 2025
Publisher: Pan Macmillan

'Every single woman out there needs to read this, because you either know this man, or you know a woman who knows this man' – @bookwormescapes

'Razor-sharp, spine-tinglingly convincing and unputdownable' – Lisa Jewell, author of None of This is True

'This book will hook you from the first page' – Alice Feeney, author of Beautiful Ugly

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Cole is the perfect husband: a romantic, supportive of his wife, Mel’s career, keen to be a hands-on dad, not a big drinker. A good guy.

So when Mel leaves him, he's floored. She was lucky to be with a man like him.

Craving solitude, he accepts a job on the coast and quickly settles into his new life where he meets reclusive artist Lennie.

Lennie has made the same move for similar reasons. She is living in a crumbling cottage on the edge of a nearby cliff. It’s an undeniably scary location, but sometimes you have to face your fears to get past them.

As their relationship develops, two young women go missing while on a walk protesting gendered violence, right by where Cole and Lennie live. Finding themselves at the heart of a police investigation and media frenzy, it soon becomes clear that they don’t know each other very well at all.

This is what happens when women have had enough.

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'One of the most daring and intriguing writers working today' – Gillian Flynn, author of Gone Girl

'Groundbreaking' – Sunday Times

Weight: 232g
Dimension: 197 x 130 x 19 (mm)
ISBN-13: 9781035018123