An Unwanted Guest

Love everything by Shari Lapena. Simple language, you actually feel like you are there. The characters are built up nicely and even if you think you know, you won't. It's like fine dining. You wish there was more of something...but if it was there, it would have spoiled the dish. Simple language, twists, it is page turning. Recommend all books.

Disappointing condition. Very small book and although new, pages are yellow and it looks years old.

It was a very easy read and I enjoyed that!! The characters were all interesting and the ending was unexpected.

I specifically order a hardcover since I love having hardcovers but I received a paperback (probably paying for the price of a hardcover)

An Unwanted Guest is such a thrilling read! It begins with various people arriving through a bad snowstorm to Mitchell’s Inn, a beautiful hotel in a very remote location. As the guests begin to settle in for a relaxing weekend away the weather really begins to close in. Then what appears to be a fatal accident occurs and suddenly the guests are trapped and there’s a killer among them! I’m going to start by saying that I read this novel in one sitting over an afternoon during this glorious hot weather and the writing was so good that I could sense the snow and I could feel the icy cold weather emanating from the pages. I was gripped from the beginning and got completely lost in the book. It really took me back to my early teenage years when I devoured Agatha Christie’s novels, usually reading one in an afternoon curled up in a corner hoping not to be disturbed by anyone. An Unwanted Guest is an Agatha Christie-type locked room (or hotel in this case) mystery and it is so well done. From the minute the guests drove up to the Inn I was mulling over their character and wondering who was going to be in peril and who the killer might be. I did think I’d worked out who the killer was and although I was on the right lines I was never absolutely sure who it was and I didn’t see the ending coming at all! This is such a compelling and gripping thriller; to have such a confined setting and a small group of characters but still to keep the excitement and the reader guessing all the way through is no mean feat. The tension builds from the start and as the book progresses I found myself increasingly on the edge of my seat wondering if anyone was going to get out of the situation alive! An Unwanted Guest is so gripping, thrilling and completely unputdownable: I loved it so much! I finished reading it a couple of weeks ago now and I still keep thinking of it, I think it’s going to be hard to be beat for one of my favourite reads of the year come December!

Muy interesante. Inesperada

If you're a die hard Agatha Christie fan like me, you'll LOVE this one. It's a page turner like no other; one of the best mysteries I've read in recent years. Buy it for sure, you will not regret it. This is my first book by this author and after this one, I'm going to read all her books!

Si has leído los demás libros de la autora te apasionaras por este, pero como me paso con el segundo se vuelve un poco predecible y lento, sin embargo el final como las otras publicaciones ! Nunca te lo esperas! y es lo que engancha de esta autora.