Unwanted Guest

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.

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‘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’

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‘Had me hooked from start to finish’

Nu putem alege strainii pe care ii intalnim. Pe masura ce oaspetii ajung la frumosul si indepartat Inn Mitchell, toti asteapta cu nerabdare un weekend relaxant adanc in padure, la kilometri de oriunde. Isi urmaresc colegii oaspeti cu interes, de la o distanta politicoasa. De obicei, putem evita persoanele care ne fac nervosi, ne fac sa ne temem. Cu o furtuna violenta, grupul se afla complet separat de lumea exterioara.