The Guest

By: B A Paris, Emily Joyce (Read by)

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Hardcover | 20 February 2024

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New York Times bestselling author B. A. Paris captivated psychological thriller readers everywhere with Behind Closed Doors. Now she invites you into another heart-pounding home full of secrets, in The Guest.

Iris and Gabriel seem to have it all: a beautiful country home, a daughter taking a gap year in Greece, and their good friends from Paris, Laure and Pierre, always up for a holiday weekend away. But when a young man on his bicycle careens off the path of a nearby quarry to his death, Gabriel is the one to find him and hear his final words. When the boy dies, Gabriel is left behind with a guilty burden.

As Iris tries to help ease her husband's trauma, they acquire an unexpected house guest. Their friend Laure has seemingly moved in, her marriage in crisis after her husband's reveal that he has had a child with another woman. Happy to help their friend, Iris and Gabriel insist Laure stay as long as she needs. But Laure keeps wearing Iris's clothes. Following everywhere she goes. Asking her all about the now-closed quarry and the recent tragedy. And Pierre is refusing to answer Gabriel's calls.

Their only respite from the increasingly tense atmosphere in their own home comes in the form of new neighbors--a couple new to town and expecting their first child. But with them comes their gardener, who has a checkered past.

With broken relationships and hidden motives piling up around them, Gabriel and Iris are forced to reckon with whether their life has in fact been a happy one--or if it has all been an illusion.

Industry Reviews

A February 2024 LibraryReads Pick (Hall of Fame)
One of Apple's Best Books of February
One of Woman's World's "Most Anticipated Books of 2024"
One of Goodreads's "96 On-Trend Mysteries and Thrillers"

"Bestseller Paris orchestrates a symphony of subplots in this creepy domestic thriller. Paris deftly juggles the many characters and plot strands on the way toward a wild climax. The results are electrifying."--Publishers Weekly

"Well-crafted secrets and betrayals abound."--Booklist

"A tightly woven, character-driven thriller, The Guest shows how secrets can build up into toxic time bombs."--Apple Books

"This taut, intimate, propulsive domestic thriller is fraught with impulsive bad choices that ordinary people can make."--Patriot Ledger

"An eerie, chilling page-turner . . . danger lurks around every corner."--Woman's World

"By the end, it's almost possible to figure out the who, as one of the few left standing, if not the why. But Paris thoughtfully fills the gaps with a full confession that will have you saying 'of course!'"--St. Louis Post-Dispatch

"B.A. Paris once again pushes comfort-zone boundaries in her newest sinister thriller."--The Big Thrill

"B. A. Paris has become the definitive master of neo-gothic noir and all her talents are front and center in The Guest. I'd forgotten how much fun suburban nightmare thrillers like this can be. The Guest is a terrific tale from the school of Lisa Gardner and Harlan Coben, Paris proving herself to be every bit their equal."--BookTrib

"I am obsessed with The Guest--and I completely neglected my responsibilities so I could keep reading! I'm surprised the pages didn't catch fire because I was turning them so fast--I was absolutely riveted and compelled to find out what happened. There is no one--no one--who creates high-wire domestic suspense like the amazing B.A. Paris. Do not miss this, dear readers. Standing ovation to one of my very favorite writers!"--Hank Phillippi Ryan, USA Today bestselling author of One Wrong Word

"A mesmeric, tense and twisting nightmare. Suffocating, controlled and hugely entertaining"--Chris Whitaker, New York Times bestselling author of We Begin at the End

"Expertly plotted and compellingly told--a cautionary tale that will put you off ever having anyone to stay with you again. I raced through it!"--Harriet Tyce, international bestselling author of Blood Orange

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