The Winter Guest

<p><b>A gulp-it-down-in-one-sitting novel, <i>The Winter Guest</i>, from <i>Sunday Times</i> bestselling author, Sarah Moss, is an enthralling story about how the past will always come to find you in the end.</b><br><br>'Deliciously twisty. Destined to be one of those Christmas Eve classics' - Rachel Joyce<br>'Pure pleasure from start to finish' - Katherine Rundell<br><br><i>Tell me the worst thing you’ve ever done.</i><br><br>On Christmas Eve, in a hotel on Ireland’s west coast, a man and a woman meet for the first time. As a snowstorm gathers outside windows twinkling with fairy lights, they share a meal, pour wine, propose a toast.<br><br>Janice and Gerry may be strangers to one another, but they each have a confession to make.<br><br>As the blizzard howls, the night will take an unexpected turn, and their conversation will have consequences far beyond the candlelit table . . .<br><br>'A perfectly measured serving of expert storytelling with a deliciously dark twist. I inhaled it in a single sitting. This is classic Sarah Moss' - Jan Carson, author of <i>Few and Far Between</i><br><br><b>Readers love <i>The Winter Guest</i>:</b><br><br>'Powerful, provocative and <b>a classic in the making</b>. <b>One of my best reads of 2026</b>'<br>‘<i>The Winter Guest</i> then is <b>a perfect novel for a cold winters evening</b>, preferably beside a warm fire'<br>'This is a must read. Hands down, <b>you will not read anything better going into the Christmas season</b>'<br><b>'</b>Sarah Moss has crafted <b>a perfect tale </b>spun out beside a hotel fireside in the snow-swept darkness of an Irish Christmas'<br>'This short novella by Sarah Moss was <b>a delectable feast</b>'<br>'The writing is beautiful and <b>will transport you to a stormy winters night</b>'</p>