The Good Samaritan

Coming March 2025 From Harper Collins

A college professor is offered a chance at redemption—if he can figure out the right thing to do in this thoughtful psychological thriller from the author of The Surrogate.

 

Sociology professor Matthew Larkin is barely holding on. After the death of his toddler son, his wife divorced him, his teenage daughter abandoned him, and he lost a job he loved. Landing a rare tenure track position at a small college in southern Minnesota, he’s trying to cope with the disaster his life has become.

 
Toni has a winner on her hands. No good deed goes unpunished!
— Pamela Klinger-Horn, bookseller, Literature Lovers’ Night Out
There is so much emotion in Toni Halleen’s new novel...
— Mary Ann Grossmann, Pioneer Press


Toni’s debut novel, The Surrogate from Harper Collins

The Surrogate follows a newly married couple, the surrogate they hire to carry their baby, and the unexpected consequences of their decisions.

 
 

About

Toni Halleen is a writer and lawyer in Minneapolis. Her short fiction has appeared in Wigleaf, Structo, and Gravel.

The Surrogate is her debut novel.

Photo: Samantha Freeman