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A GOOD MAN ON A DARK NIGHT

Flynn Berry

A Novel

In Flynn Berry's thrilling, timely new novel, an ordinary woman is ordered to spy on a supposed enemy of the stateor become one.
As a private nurse, Eleanor has unusual access to the homes of the rich and powerful. On an ordinary spring morning in Washington, D.C., a man from a shadowy security agency, the G.S.D., approaches her along the riverbank. The agent instructs her to inform on one of her patients, a state department researcher named Anna. He isn't asking.

Almost immediately, Eleanor finds she cannot carry out the task she's been assigned. Though she can't be certain of Anna's loyalties, she also can't help liking herand suspecting the motives of a government everyone knows is sliding into totalitarianism.

Soon, Eleanor and Anna uncover a list of names: four civilians, including Eleanor's ex-boyfriend, Sam. Are these people traitorsor pawns? Can Eleanor, Anna, and their allies uncover the G.S.D.'s plans before the people on the list start disappearing?

A masterly new thriller from the New York Times bestselling author of four acclaimed novels including Northern Spy, a Reese's Book Club pick, and Under the Harrow, A GOOD MAN ON A DARK NIGHT is both a riveting page-turner and a rich exploration of womanhood, friendship, and love under a regime that threatens all three.

Flynn Berry is the author of Under the Harrow (Penguin Books, 2016), winner of the 2017 Edgar Award for Best First Novel; A Double Life (Viking, 2018), a New York Times Book Review Editors' Choice; Northern Spy (Viking, 2021), a Reese's Book Club Pick and New York Times bestseller, and Trust Her (Viking, 2025). The recipient of a Yaddo fellowship, Berry is a graduate of the Michener Center for
writers and Brown University.
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Published 2027-01-19 by Viking Books

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Flynn Berry shows a le Carré-like flair for making you wonder what's really going on at any given moment.

Gripping . . . Ms. Berry is a lyrical writer who can set scenes both explosive and domestic.