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The Dinner Guest

Written by: B P Walter
Narrated by: Katy Sobey, Marston York
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Publisher's Summary

The Sunday Times best seller 

Four people walked into the dining room that night. One would never leave. 

Matthew: the perfect husband.

Titus: the perfect son.

Charlie: the perfect illusion.

Rachel: the perfect stranger.

Charlie didn’t want her at the book club. Matthew wouldn’t listen.

And that’s how Charlie finds himself slumped beside his husband’s body, their son sitting silently at the dinner table, while Rachel calls 999, the bloody knife still gripped in her hand.

Classic crime meets Donna Tartt in this nerve-shredding domestic noir thriller that weaves a sprawling web of secrets around an opulent West London world and the dinner that ends in death. 

©2021 B P Walter (P)2021 HarperCollins Publishers Limited

What the critics say

"Stayed up till past 2am to finish this! Well done, B P Walter - immensely gripping!" (Sophie Hannah, Sunday Times best-selling author of the Hercule Poirot mysteries)

"Dark and twisted, The Dinner Guest is a captivating, atmospheric story of secrets and lies set within the world of old-school London money. It had me second-guessing every page. Pure delicious escapism!" (Charlotte Duckworth, best-selling author of The Perfect Father)

"Devoured this.... Twisty, compelling and full of deliciously despicable characters, it had me stumped til the final chapters...a smashing read." (Lisa Hall, best-selling author of The Perfect Couple)

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tedious, drawn out, predictable

This would have made a pretty good short story. Ten hours ... no, no, no.

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I didn’t like a single character

Found I wasn’t rooting for any character in this book oh. Writing style is frustrating. I like a good suspense but there are no clues throughout the book. There’s no way the reader can draw any conclusions until its delivered at the end.

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Like listening to paint dry

Terribly disappointing- tortuously drawn out due to elaborate and unnecessary descriptions. The fake Yorkshire accent was just awful too.

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