Good Girls Die Last
an 'Impossible to put down' thriller
Published on 22. June 2023
Book
Hardback
384 pages
978-1-0354-0236-6 (ISBN)
Description
'An electrifying read! If you like your thrillers pulsing with tension, you're going to LOVE Good Girls Die Last!' LESLEY KARA
'Such a propulsive, enraging story' HARRIET TYCE
'Impossible to put down, right to the gut-punch ending. Stunning, I absolutely loved it.' ANDREA MARA
Today, nothing is going right for Em. And it's about to get much worse.
Heartbroken by a recent split, with her 30th birthday looming, she loses her job and her home in the same morning because of two swaggering, dishonest men - the boss who sexually harassed her and the flatmate sleeping with her behind his fiancee's back. But all Em can think about is catching a flight to attend her sister's wedding and see her dying mother.
With a record-breaking heatwave, and a serial killer making the streets unsafe, London is completely gridlocked. Em's life has always been full of men getting their own way, and today the scorched city teems with them standing between her and home. As Em's troubled past returns to haunt her, she refuses to let them win. Her defiance leads to shocking consequences that soon spiral wildly out of control.
In a world where men don't listen, and girls have no voice, one woman can change everything.
Today, no one will be staying silent.
'Brilliant' WOMAN & HOME
'This thought-provoking thriller confronts what it means to be a woman in today's world' WOMAN'S WEEKLY
'What an amazing trip! Kept me riveted every step of the way' KIRSTEN MILLER
'Completely gripping from start to finish. It's feminist, fierce and smart' CHRISTINA SWEENEY-BAIRD
'Blisteringly powerful, devastatingly timely and utterly gripping - as empowering as it is thrilling. A sunkissed nightmare of a book. I loved it!' BEA FITZGERALD
'A fearless and explosive thriller, one moment terrifying, the next intimate. Warning: it is impossible to put this book down!' AJ WEST
'Such a propulsive, enraging story' HARRIET TYCE
'Impossible to put down, right to the gut-punch ending. Stunning, I absolutely loved it.' ANDREA MARA
Today, nothing is going right for Em. And it's about to get much worse.
Heartbroken by a recent split, with her 30th birthday looming, she loses her job and her home in the same morning because of two swaggering, dishonest men - the boss who sexually harassed her and the flatmate sleeping with her behind his fiancee's back. But all Em can think about is catching a flight to attend her sister's wedding and see her dying mother.
With a record-breaking heatwave, and a serial killer making the streets unsafe, London is completely gridlocked. Em's life has always been full of men getting their own way, and today the scorched city teems with them standing between her and home. As Em's troubled past returns to haunt her, she refuses to let them win. Her defiance leads to shocking consequences that soon spiral wildly out of control.
In a world where men don't listen, and girls have no voice, one woman can change everything.
Today, no one will be staying silent.
'Brilliant' WOMAN & HOME
'This thought-provoking thriller confronts what it means to be a woman in today's world' WOMAN'S WEEKLY
'What an amazing trip! Kept me riveted every step of the way' KIRSTEN MILLER
'Completely gripping from start to finish. It's feminist, fierce and smart' CHRISTINA SWEENEY-BAIRD
'Blisteringly powerful, devastatingly timely and utterly gripping - as empowering as it is thrilling. A sunkissed nightmare of a book. I loved it!' BEA FITZGERALD
'A fearless and explosive thriller, one moment terrifying, the next intimate. Warning: it is impossible to put this book down!' AJ WEST
Reviews / Votes
If you like your thrillers pulsing with tension, you're going to LOVE Good Girls Die Last! Natali Simmonds knows how to dial up the heat in this unflinching story of female solidarity and rage. -- Lesley Kara, Sunday Times bestselling author Searing and unflinching, Good Girls Die Last is rousing, angry and beautiful. Impossible to put down, right to the gut-punch ending. Stunning, I absolutely loved it. -- Andrea Mara, Sunday Times bestselling author Such a propulsive, enraging story -- HARRIET TYCE Completely gripping from start to finish. It's feminist, fierce and smart. -- Christina Sweeney-Baird, author of The End of Men What an amazing trip! Good Girls Die Last goes from vile misogyny to glorious revenge and Simmonds kept me riveted every step of the way. -- Kirsten Miller I absolutely demolished it. I thought it was so timely, so believable, so gripping. And it packs a punch that'll bruise me for a long time to come. -- John Marrs What do you get when you cross a slippery slope with an unstoppable woman who has finally had enough? Good Girls Die Last: A kick ass tour de force that will have you welling up one moment and punching the air the next. -- Holly Seddon What do you get when you cross a slippery slope with an unstoppable woman who has finally had enough? Good Girls Die Last: A kick ass tour de force that will have you welling up one moment and punching the air the next. -- Holly Seddon A fearless and explosive thriller, one moment terrifying, the next intimate. Warning: it is impossible to put this book down!" -- A. J. West, Sunday Times bestselling author Blisteringly powerful, devastatingly timely and utterly gripping - Good Girls Die Last is as empowering as it is thrilling. A sunkissed nightmare of a book. I loved it! -- Bea Fitzgerald, author of Girl, Goddess, Queen A brilliantly propulsive read full of simmering feminine rage. The sizzling London heatwave builds and builds, creating a claustrophobic sense of unease. I couldn't look away! -- Heather Darwent, Sunday Times bestselling author of THE THINGS WE DO TO OUR FRIENDS The blistering heat, the simmering rage, the spring loaded tension - it all ramped and ramped until I was ready to EXPLODE! I couldn't have stopped reading if I'd tried. -- Bethany Clift I devoured Good Girls Die Last in less than 24 hours. A blistering tour de force that set me ablaze, this is going to be the hottest book of 2023 -- Vikki Patis A shockingly vibrant, brilliantly feminist read, guaranteed to elicit a visceral response from any reader. A must read for any woman who's ever been cat-called or told to "smile, it might never happen." -- LISA HALLMore details
Language
English
Place of publication
London
United Kingdom
Publishing group
Headline Publishing Group
Dimensions
Height: 236 mm
Width: 162 mm
Thickness: 34 mm
Weight
610 gr
ISBN-13
978-1-0354-0236-6 (9781035402366)
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Person
As the daughter of a Spanish immigrant, Natali Simmonds has lived all over the world. Good Girls Die Last is her first thriller after writing fantasy novels as N J Simmonds. When she's not writing, Natali works as a freelance brand consultant and lectures for universities and Raindance Film School. Originally from London, she now divides her time between Spain and the Netherlands.