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The Christmas Guest
A classic country house murder for the festive season
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This year's must-read festive chiller, a classic country house murder mystery.
From the Sunday Times bestselling author
'TIS THE SEASON TO BE WARY
'Fiendishly good.' - Observer
'One of the world's best crime writers.' - MARK EDWARDS
'Superb, elegant crime writing with more than a nod to the genre's past.' - Daily Mail
When Ashley Smith - a bright-eyed but lonely American studying in London - is invited to spend Christmas with her classmate's family at their Cotswolds manor house, it seems like a perfect country idyll. And for Ashley - who records it all in her diary - there's the added romantic potential of her friend's twin brother, Adam, who she thinks could be her wildest dream come true. But is there something strange about the old house, both stately and rundown? What could the motives of the mysterious Chapman family be? And what holiday horrors might be lying in wait?
'In the killer elite, alongside Tana French, Gillian Flynn, and Lauren Beukes. Swanson's the real deal.' - JOE HILL
Book Details
INFORMATION
ISBN: 9780571378777
Publisher: Faber & Faber
Format: Hardback
Date Published: 28 September 2023
Country: United Kingdom
Imprint: Faber & Faber
Edition: Main
Audience: General / adult
DIMENSIONS
Spine width: 11.0mm
Width: 129.0mm
Height: 198.0mm
Weight: 240g
Pages: 160
About the Author
Peter Swanson's bestselling novels include two Richard and Judy picks (The Kind Worth Killing and Rules for Perfect Murders), Nine Lives and, most recently, The Kind Worth Saving. He lives in Massachusetts.
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