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The Christmas Guest

Written by: Peter Swanson
Narrated by: Esther Wane
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'Delicious . . . The twist will make you rethink everything.' New York Times Book Review
'Funny, clever and gripping ... with twists that will blow you away.' Irish Independent
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?

©2023 Faber & Faber (P)2023 Faber & Faber Gothic Horror Psychological Suspense Thriller & Suspense

Critic Reviews

'Fiendishly good.' Observer

'Superb, elegant crime writing with more than a nod to the genre's past.' Daily Mail
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My fourth Peter Swanson and this one again does not disappoint. Not as large as some of his other books and maybe not his best work, this one too did have me glued. This one though has less to do with actual suspense and is more about an old school gothic charm.

Mystery, Horror and Gloom- All elements of a gothic literature- summarised well.

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Awful sound effects, simulating an old tape recorder, but just irritating. And the reader’s verbal tics are annoying too, like she has a cold or something. Distracted from the story, which wasn’t that great, anyway.

Will never try Swanson again

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