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The Christmas Guest

By: Peter Swanson
Narrated by: Esther Wane
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From the Sunday Times bestselling author

'TIS THE SEASON TO BE WARY

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?

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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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Unfortunately this story left me bored and predicting what would occur. The narrator’s voice also irked me, as well as the “page turning” in part one.

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I enjoyed this. The story was orginal and went in a different direction than expected - More than once!

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