Passion. Obsession. Murder.

Simply one of the most disturbing thrillers Ive read in years. In short I loved it, right down to the utterly chilling final line Gillian Flynn, author ofGONE GIRL _________________________________

MikeandVerityhave a special game.The Crave.

They play it to prove what they already know: that Verity loves Mike. That sheneedsMike.

Even though shes marrying another man.

Now Mike knows that the stakes of their private game are rising.

This time, someone has to die _________________________________

'A propulsive and addictive study ofthe darkness of obsessive love. I was completely gripped from the first word to the last.' LISA JEWELL

'As merciless a thriller as Ive ever read.Astonishingly dark and sensationally accomplished. AJ FINN, author ofThe Woman in the Window

A tense intelligent thriller thatkept me gripped and guessing until the last page and thinking long after that.ERIN KELLY

'A searing, chilling sliver of perfection...may well turn out to bethe year's best thriller.'NEW YORK TIMESSUMMER READING ISSUE

'Readers of weary of domestic noir should pick upOur Kind of Cruelty, asplendidly writtennovel that gives the genre ashot in the arm pacily written and hugely involving...I was gripped until the last pages.'DAILY EXPRESS

A taut, fascinating psychological thriller.Original and powerful. Be prepared for questions to linger in your head for a long time afterward. JULIA HEABERLIN

Toxic love, obsession, and the unflinching unravelling of a mind.Scarily plausible, a great read. ALI LAND

'Chilling. Disturbing. Addictive. I couldn't put this down.' EMMA FLINT

'Like watching a slow motion car-crash through splayed fingers'TAMMY COHEN

An addictive dive into dangerous, extreme obsession.A must-read JULIA CROUCH

'the orchestration of suspense ismasterly'FINANCIAL TIMES

'disturbing and thrilling'DAILY MAIL

'Thisbrilliant, thought-provoking thrillerwill keep you up at night'BESTMAGAZINE

'Darkly addictive, this is set to be one of themost talked-about thrillers of the year'HEATMAGAZINE

'I devoured thisgripping, unsettling, and brilliantly constructed thrillerin one gulp'WOMAN AND HOME

Araminta Hall has worked as a writer, journalist and teacher. Her first novel,Everything&Nothing,was published in 2011 and became a Richard&Judy read that year. Her second,Dot, was published in 2013. She teaches creative writing at New Writing South in Brighton, where she lives with her husband and three children. Her latest book,Our Kind of Cruelty, is a deeply unsettling thriller of a love story, in which a secret game between lovers has deadly consequences