Samantha Downing has captured the personalities and attitudes of both teachers and students in her latest thriller, For Your Own Good. She nailed the demanding parents as well.
Riding on a high after winning Teacher of the Year at
Belmont Academy, Teddy Crutcher feels compelled to teach some students lessons
not necessarily a part of the curriculum. Case in point: Smug Zach Ward and his
parents. Wanting Teddy to change Zach’s B+ to an A+ on a paper, the parents
confront Teddy in his classroom, making Teddy dislike the teenage twerp even
more.
Teddy feels he must push his students to be the best
they can be, and he does not care for any interference from meddling parents
and other teachers. In fact, he goes to deadly lengths to remove obstacles from
his path.
This delightfully wicked tale is Samantha Downing’s
third book following He Started It and her debut novel My Lovely Wife, which was
nominated for an Edgar award. She lives in New Orleans.
My review will be posted on Goodreads starting April 21,
2021.
I would like to thank Berkley Publishing Group and
NetGalley for providing me with an ARC in return for an objective review.
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