The Christmas Guest by Peter Swanson

We are delighted to share that The Christmas Guest by Peter Swanson is our November pick for the HIF Book of the Month!

The bestselling author of Nine Lives and Rules for Perfect Murders spins a thrilling closed circle mystery, as a bright American student accepts an invitation to spend Christmas at her classmate’s family’s old manor where not everything is what it seems.

Read on to find out more about the book, and the author, and get your copy of The Christmas Guest

A chilling gem that’s going to make a perfect stocking filler this Christmas
Mark Edwards

About the Book

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, 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?

The trial is a rollercoaster of surprises, penned by an author intimately familiar with the courtroom. Can Sofia escape conviction for the racially motivated crime which has polarized New York?

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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