Why a Booktrail?
2023: If most men say they’re one of the good guys, then why are so many women afraid to walk alone at night?
One of the Good Guys
What you need to know before your trail
Cole is the perfect husband: a romantic, supportive of his wife, Mel’s career, keen to be a hands-on dad, not a big drinker. A good guy.
So when Mel leaves him, he’s floored. She was lucky to be with a man like him.
Craving solitude, he accepts a job on the coast and quickly settles into his new life where he meets reclusive artist Lennie.
Lennie has made the same move for similar reasons. She is living in a crumbling cottage on the edge of a nearby cliff. It’s an undeniably scary location, but sometimes you have to face your fears to get past them.
As their relationship develops, two young women go missing while on a walk protesting gendered violence, right by where Cole and Lennie live. Finding themselves at the heart of a police investigation and media frenzy, it soon becomes clear that they don’t know each other very well at all.
This is what happens when women have had enough . . .
Travel Guide
Cornwall to Kent
The women in the novel are planning to walk the entire South Coast to raise awareness of issues affecting women – violence in the home, random attacks on the streets and everything in between. There are a few places in London mentioned where some of the women live, but this is not a book where location is key. That’s the point – violence against women sadly happens anywhere and this focuses on that and the characters.
BookTrail Boarding Pass: One of the Good Guys
Destination: England (South Coast( Author/guide: Araminta Hall Departure Time: 2023
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