Samantha Downing
Thorndike Press
10/01/2025
Hardcover
Adult Suspense /Thriller / Psychological Fiction / Thrillers / Crime / Thrillers / Psychological / Crime / Suspense / Murder, Fiction / Private schools, Fiction / Suspense fiction / Homicide, Fiction
INSTANT USA TODAY BESTSELLER "Witty and macabre."-Caroline Kepnes "Slick and chilling."-Megan Miranda "A perfect summer book."-NPR USA Today bestselling author Samantha Downing is back with her latest sneaky thriller set at a prestigious private school-complete with interfering parents, overeager students, and one teacher who just wants to teach them all a lesson Teddy Crutcher has won Teacher of the Year at the elite 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 are 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 comes at such a high cost.
