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THE SUNDAY TIMES BESTSELLER. The new pulse-pounding and unputdownable thriller from the author of the number one bestseller THE COUPLE NEXT DOOR, and A STRANGER IN THE HOUSE. ´Tense. Unpredictable. Unputdownable. Shari Lapena´s novels are domestic noir at its finest´ Simon Kernick

We can´t choose the strangers we meet.

As the guests arrive at beautiful, remote Mitchell´s Inn, they´re all looking forward to a relaxing weekend deep in the forest, miles from anywhere. They watch their fellow guests with interest, from a polite distance.

Usually we can avoid the people who make us nervous, make us afraid.

With a violent storm raging, the group finds itself completely cut off from the outside world. Nobody can get in - or out. And then the first body is found . . . and the horrifying truth comes to light. There´s a killer among them - and nowhere to run.

Until we find ourselves in a situation we can´t escape. Trapped.

´If you want an unputdownable thriller, you´re in luck - best-seller Shari Lapena is back with a new whodunnit . . . Crafted like a vintage Christie and just as tense, this will be a smash hit´ Heat´[An Unwanted Guest] once again shows her gift for smart characterisation combined with a subtle appreciation for the darkness of the human heart . . . A perfectly choreographed danse macabre´ Mail on Sunday´Shari Lapena combines the cosy feel and cunning plotting of an Agatha Christie-era whodunnit with a sharp eye for contemporary life and she is rapidly becoming a go-to author for anyone seeking a light but lip-smacking mystery´ Sunday Express´The psychological thrillers of Lapena are masterclasses in tightly plotted, economical narrative...This third novel has a premise straight out of a Agatha Christie classic´ Metro´An excellent mystery! Agatha Christie meets P D James´ Ragnar Jonasson

Readers love Shari Lapena:

´Best book I´ve read in ages´´5 fast paced, twisting thriller´´The pace never let up´´On the edge of my seat to the end´´I haven´t picked up a book in 9 years and I´m so glad that I picked this up! I loved it.´´Incredibly readable and unputdownable´´Very clever, well written, intriguing and suspenseful´´Had me hooked from start to finish´

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"Tense. Unpredictable. Unputdownable. Shari Lapena´s novels are domestic noir at its finest." Simon Kernick

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Shari Lapena worked as a lawyer and as an English teacher before writing fiction. Her debut thriller, The Couple Next Door, was a global bestseller, the bestselling fiction title in the UK in 2017 and has been optioned for television. Her second thriller, A Stranger in the House and third, An Unwanted Guest, were both Sunday Times and New York Times bestsellers. Her fourth thriller is out in 2019.

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