The Christmas Guest A classic country house murder mystery for the festive season

<p><b><h2> THE PERFECT STOCKING FILLER FOR BOOK LOVERS </h2><br><br>'The twist will make you rethink everything.' <i>New York Times Book Review</i><br>'A murder mystery set at a cosy Christmas country estate? We're so here for it.' <i>Cosmopolitan</i><br>'Funny, clever and gripping.' <i>Irish Independent</i></b><br><br>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.<br><br>And for Ashley – who records it all in her diary – there's the added romantic potential of her friend's twin brother, Adam, who she thinks could be her wildest dream come true.<br><br>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?<br><b><br><u>Readers love <i>The Christmas Guest:</i></u><br><br>'Perfect. . . I was not prepared for the shocking revelation.' </b>⭐⭐⭐⭐⭐<b> reader review</b><br><b>'All the Christmas cheer & nostalgia wrapped in a gothic murder mystery. I loved it!' </b>⭐⭐⭐⭐⭐<b> reader review</b><br><b>'Filled with lots of twists . . . the perfect one sitting read.' </b>⭐⭐⭐⭐⭐<b> reader review</b><br><b>'A perfect small jewel of a story.' </b>⭐⭐⭐⭐⭐<b> reader review</b><br><b>'I GASPED at several of the reveals. Christmas magic mixed with a quaint murder mystery.' </b>⭐⭐⭐⭐⭐<b> reader review</b></p>