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  • Published: 9 February 2027
  • ISBN: 9780593490358
  • Imprint: Viking
  • Format: Hardback
  • Pages: 272
  • RRP: $65.00
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A Good Man on a Dark Night

A Novel




In New York Times bestselling author Flynn Berry’s gripping new thriller, an ordinary woman is ordered to spy on a suspected enemy of the state—or become one

A private nurse. A mysterious patient. A dangerous secret.

Every week, Eleanor commutes from her house in the countryside into Washington, DC, to visit her wealthy, powerful patients. On a warm spring morning, an officer from a shadowy security agency approaches her along the riverbank and orders her to inform on one of them, a foreign service officer named Anna.

Eleanor faces an impossible choice: Will she destroy another woman’s life, or her own? Anna is suspected of hiding a shocking secret, but she appears warm and trustworthy. Despite all Eleanor is risking, an unlikely friendship starts to form—and when she learns that her assignment is even more sinister than it seemed, their fates become dangerously entwined. Can Eleanor unravel the government’s plans before it’s too late?

A masterly new thriller from the New York Times bestselling author of four acclaimed novels including the Reese’s Book Club pick Northern Spy, A Good Man on a Dark Night is both a riveting page-turner and a rich exploration of womanhood, friendship, and love in an era that threatens all three.

  • Published: 9 February 2027
  • ISBN: 9780593490358
  • Imprint: Viking
  • Format: Hardback
  • Pages: 272
  • RRP: $65.00
Categories:

About the author

Flynn Berry

Flynn Berry is the author of four novels including Under the Harrow, winner of the 2017 Edgar Award for Best First Novel, and Northern Spy, a Reese’s Book Club pick that was named one of the ten best thrillers of 2021 by The New York Times and The Washington Post. The recipient of a Yaddo fellowship, Berry is a graduate of the Michener Center for Writers and Brown University.

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Praise for A Good Man on a Dark Night


Praise for Flynn Berry:

“Gripping . . . Ms. Berry is a lyrical writer who can set scenes both explosive and domestic.” —The Wall Street Journal about Trust Her

“Berry is a beautiful writer with a sophisticated, nuanced understanding of this most complicated of places.” —The New York Times Book Review about Northern Spy

“Flynn Berry shows a le Carré-like flair for making you wonder what’s really going on at any given moment.” —The Washington Post about Northern Spy

“If you love a mystery, then you’ll devour [Northern Spy] . . . I loved this thrill ride of a book.” —Reese Witherspoon