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For your own good / Samantha Downing.
"[A] thriller about a calculating teacher in a privileged private school who knows he has the power to make or break your kid's future ... and he uses it ... Teddy Crutcher has just won Teacher of the Year at the prestigious 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. But Teddy can't be bothered with any of the rumors and the recent string of murders on campus. His main focus is on these kids. Sure, his methods can be a little unorthodox and maybe just a few of them don't actually deserve a bright a future. But someone's got push these kids to their full potential. It's really too bad that sometimes excellence can come at such a high cost"-- Provided by publisher.
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- ISBN: 9780593100974 (hardcover)
- Physical Description: 373 pages ; 24 cm
- Edition: First edition.
- Publisher: New York : Berkley, an imprint of Penguin Random House LLC, 2021.
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| Genre: | Thrillers (Fiction) Psychological fiction. |
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- Baker & Taylor
"USA Today bestselling author Samantha Downing teaches all the wrong lessons in her latest sneaky thriller about a calculating teacher in a privileged private school who knows he has the power to make or break your kid's future...and he uses it.... TeddyCrutcher has just won Teacher of the Year at the prestigious 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. But Teddy can't be bothered with any of the rumors and the recent string of murders on campus. His main focus is on these kids. Sure, his methods can be a little unorthodox and maybe just a few of them don't actually deserve a bright a future. But someone's got to push these kids to their full potential. It's really too bad that sometimes excellence can come at such a high cost"-- - Baker & Taylor
Belmont Academyâs Teacher of the Year, Teddy Crutcher is frustrated by his colleagues and endlessly meddlesome parents who begin digging a bit too deeply into his affairs after the death of an Academy parent and his seemingly missing wife. - Penguin Putnam
INSTANT USA TODAY BESTSELLER
âWitty and macabre.ââCaroline Kepnes
"Slick and chilling."âMegan Miranda
âI read all of her [books]. I've read everything.ââCecily Strong from SNL for Vanity Fair
âAÂ perfect summer book.ââNPR
USA Today bestselling author Samantha Downing is back with her latest sneaky thriller set at a prestigious private schoolâcomplete 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 prestigious Belmont Academy, home to the best and brightest.
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He says his wife couldnât be more proudâthough no one has seen her in a while.
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Teddy really canât be bothered with a few mysterious deaths on campus thatâre looking more and more like murder or with the student digging a little too deep into Teddyâs personal life. His main focus is pushing these kids to their full academic potential. Â
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All he wants is for his colleaguesâand the endlessly meddlesome parentsâto stay out of his way. If not, well, theyâll get what they deserve.
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Itâs really too bad that sometimes excellence can come at such a high cost.
