Mirror

“I couldn’t put this novel down. I ended up bingeing it in two days. You know that kind of book? It’s full of office politics that have terrible consequences. Many of the characters are flawed in the most delicious ways. It’s a satire, a send up, about a charity falling from grace—”

That’s the award-winning/ bestselling author Claire Cameron summing up Good Guys on her Substack.

It’s thrilling to get a rave like this, where you can hear the reader’s excitement, even more so because Claire is such a wonderful writer. (I binged her memoir How To Survive A Bear Attack over a couple of days in December.)

The morning after I read Claire’s Substack, I heard that the staff at Apple US chose Good Guys as one of their January favourites (!!!!!) and gave the novel a glowing review, saying: “This morally charged drama takes a clear-eyed look at power, money, and the uneasy line between helping and harming… Good Guys reads like a thriller with real philosophical tension, showing how good intentions can curdle once money and personal ambition enter the picture.”

The best reviews are a mirror, reflecting a book back to its author. A satire about money and power? A thriller with philosophical tension? Office politics and personal ambition curdling everyone’s good intentions? Yes to all of it! That’s exactly the book I wanted to write.