The Hotel Guest
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The Hotel Guest
Narrated by:
Roisin Rankin
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Her fate was in their hands. Now their future is in hers.
Kit's summer job at the Abbaye de Saint Maurice was supposed to be a clean slate - until she fell in with 'the Olympians', a clique of wealthy young academics staying nearby. Kit, desperate to fit in, was drawn to them like a moth to a flame.
Then came the incident. One night. One choice. One secret too dark to name. Kit fled, and for ten years, she stayed gone.
When an invitation arrives, summoning her back to the Abbaye, Kit returns - not for redemption, but for a reckoning. A former lover is writing a book that threatens to crack open the past, and the Olympians want Kit to silence him. Again.
Will Kit be able to betray the man she once loved for the good of the rest? How far are her old friends willing to go to protect themselves? And, in a place where memory is a weapon and desire cuts deep, who is Kit when the masks come off?
'Lingers in your mind long after you turn the final page' GILL PERDUE
'A truly hypnotic read' AMANDA CASSIDY©2026 Rosemary Hennigan (P)2026 Hachette Books Ireland
Critic Reviews
Hennigan writes with an elegance creating a world that's deliciously unnerving. The prose is luminous and crisp, and the momentum irresistible. A truly hypnotic read. I finished it in one night
With the French Alps as an ambient, stunning backdrop, Rosemary Hennigan's The Hotel Guest completely captivated me with its exquisite prose and philosophical debate on what it means to be truly free, and how far one will go to be their authentic self. Rife with tension, a cast of complex characters, and a deliciously macabre ending, I did not want this perfect psychological suspense to ever end
I savored this luscious dark truffle of a novel. Kit returns to a luxurious hotel in the French Alps where, ten years earlier, she fell in love with a clique of mesmerizing philosophy students, and made the worst mistake of her life. Now she must decide how far she'll go to cover it up. A delicious blend of betrayal, seduction, and moral ambiguity
Rosemary Hennigan brings us on a compelling, mysterious journey with a narrator as complex and hidden as 'the sparrows tucked under the roof tiles of the Abbaye.' I was mesmerised. Imagine Ripley with the Secret History set and you'll get the general idea. With shimmering writing and deep reflections on existence, the true meaning of freedom, and the forces that shape us, this is a story that lingers in your mind long after you turn the final page.
The Hotel Guest is a compelling and sharp book, a total page-turner, and a masterful character study. The locations are stunningly painted, and so richly evoked it felt like I was sitting around the table with the characters, engaging in their discussions. It really tests the limits of philosophy, and explores how far a woman can be pushed before she falls off the edge. And the edge, it seems, is always calling. A must read!
An addictive thriller with whip-smart twists and beguiling characters, The Hotel Guest is dark academia at its best. I couldn't put it down
The Hotel Guest is an addictive, more-ish mystery which kept me reading right into the night. I tore through this book, desperate to find out exactly what Kit and her increasingly sinister group of former friends were hiding. It's so evocative and atmospheric, a real page-turner which expertly peels back the layers of toxic friendship and rivalry
A compulsive thriller, beautifully set and described and always with a feeling of something sinister building. And sinister it is! A hugely satisfying read
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