The Overnight Guest: A Novel
NEW YORK TIMES BESTSELLER
"Fully realized, wholly absorbing and almost painfully suspenseful...The journey is mesmerizing." --New York Times
A woman receives an unexpected visitor during a deadly snowstorm in this chilling thriller from New York Times bestselling author Heather Gudenkauf.
True crime writer Wylie Lark doesn't mind being snowed in at the isolated farmhouse where she's retreated to write her new book. A cozy fire, complete silence. It would be perfect, if not for the fact that decades earlier, at this very house, two people were murdered in cold blood and a girl disappeared without a trace.
As the storm worsens, Wylie finds herself trapped inside the house, haunted by the secrets contained within its walls--haunted by secrets of her own. Then she discovers a small child in the snow just outside. After bringing the child inside for warmth and safety, she begins to search for answers. But soon it becomes clear that the farmhouse isn't as isolated as she thought, and someone is willing to do anything to find them.
Don't miss Heather's upcoming twisty locked-room thriller, EVERYONE IS WATCHING!
And don't miss these other great stories by Heather!
The Weight of Silence
These Things Hidden
Little Mercies
MIssing Pieces
Not a Sound
Before She Was Found
This is How I Lied
"Fully realized, wholly absorbing and almost painfully suspenseful...The journey is mesmerizing." --New York Times
A woman receives an unexpected visitor during a deadly snowstorm in this chilling thriller from New York Times bestselling author Heather Gudenkauf.
True crime writer Wylie Lark doesn't mind being snowed in at the isolated farmhouse where she's retreated to write her new book. A cozy fire, complete silence. It would be perfect, if not for the fact that decades earlier, at this very house, two people were murdered in cold blood and a girl disappeared without a trace.
As the storm worsens, Wylie finds herself trapped inside the house, haunted by the secrets contained within its walls--haunted by secrets of her own. Then she discovers a small child in the snow just outside. After bringing the child inside for warmth and safety, she begins to search for answers. But soon it becomes clear that the farmhouse isn't as isolated as she thought, and someone is willing to do anything to find them.
Don't miss Heather's upcoming twisty locked-room thriller, EVERYONE IS WATCHING!
And don't miss these other great stories by Heather!
The Weight of Silence
These Things Hidden
Little Mercies
MIssing Pieces
Not a Sound
Before She Was Found
This is How I Lied
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This book did a good job keeping the suspense in the beginning and had a very eerie/fearsome feel to it. It was a quick read, but I do feel the end was quite rushed and could have been written better with the same detail that was provided at the beginning of the story. About halfway through the book I had formed my opinion on the ending and was correct with my guess.
I would recommend this book if youâre wanting a quick read and enjoy suspense/thrill books.
I would recommend this book if youâre wanting a quick read and enjoy suspense/thrill books.
i predicted most of the twists halfway through and at times the writing was too repetitive, but this was still a fun and fast read. solid 3 star thriller.
Really well done mystery/thriller that weaves together three different POV. The one storyline is a little too much like Room but I enjoyed the overall journey to the ending. Would definitely recommend as a book club pick.
While I was reading this I was excited to keep going back to it. There were 3 stories going on at the same time that were from different time periods. I wasn’t really a fan of the 2000s timeline and was wishing for more for the present timeline after a while. Overall good book, I like how everything came together at the end.
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