John Marrs, The Good Samaritan

Laura is ostensibly a perfect soul: she's a loving mother to two daughters and a disabled son, she bakes cookies and fixes zippers for her coworkers, she volunteers—a LOT—at a suicide prevention call center.

Indeed, it's this volunteerism that is the highlight of her days. Laura has issues. She's pretty good at hiding them from casual acquaintances, but the darker side of this perfect woman unravels for us in John Marrs' unusual story.

It's told primarily from the perspective of two people, Laura and a man who calls the hotline seeking her help.

I say the book is unusual because I can't remember rooting against a character as much as I rooted against Laura in this book, and seeing events from her twisted perspective is a little disturbing.

The story is dark, so it may turn off some readers, but I'm going to look into more books by this author.