The Winter Guest

A gulp-it-down-in-one-sitting novel, The Winter Guest, from Sunday Times bestselling author, Sarah Moss, is an enthralling story about how the past will always come to find you in the end.<BR><BR>'I found it intoxicating' - Sarah Winman, author of Still Life<BR>'Deliciously twisty. Destined to be one of those Christmas Eve classics' - Rachel Joyce, author of The Homemade God<BR>'Pure pleasure from start to finish' - Katherine Rundell, author of The Golden Mole<BR><BR>Tell me the worst thing you've ever done.<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 Few and Far Between<BR><BR>Readers love The Winter Guest:<BR><BR>'Powerful, provocative and a classic in the making. One of my best reads of 2026'<BR>'The Winter Guest then is a perfect novel for a cold winters evening, preferably beside a warm fire'<BR>'This is a must read. Hands down, you will not read anything better going into the Christmas season'<BR>'Sarah Moss has crafted a perfect tale spun out beside a hotel fireside in the snow-swept darkness of an Irish Christmas'<BR>'This short novella by Sarah Moss was a delectable feast'<BR>'The writing is beautiful and will transport you to a stormy winters night'