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The House Guest

By: Mark Edwards
Narrated by: Will M. Watt,Stina Nielsen
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Summary

"Brilliant, shocking and very creepy. Mark Edwards has done it again." - Elly Griffiths, bestselling author of the Dr Ruth Galloway series

A perfect summer. A perfect stranger. A perfect nightmare.

When British twenty-somethings Ruth and Adam are offered the chance to spend the summer housesitting in New York, they can’t say no. Young, in love and on the cusp of professional success, they feel as if luck is finally on their side.

So the moment that Eden turns up on the doorstep, drenched from a summer storm, it seems only right to share a bit of that good fortune. Beautiful and charismatic, Eden claims to be a friend of the homeowners, who told her she could stay whenever she was in New York.

They know you’re not supposed to talk to strangers - let alone invite them into your home - but after all, Eden’s only a stranger until they get to know her.

As suspicions creep in that Eden may not be who she claims to be, they begin to wonder if they’ve made a terrible mistake....

The House Guest is the chilling new psychological thriller from the three million copy bestselling author of Here to Stay and Follow You Home.

©2020 Mark Edwards (P)2020 Brilliance Publishing, Inc., all rights reserved.

Critic reviews

"Tense, atmospheric, and full of twists and turns right up until the last page." (Angela Marsons, bestselling author of the DI Kim Stone series)

"I flew through The House Guest, and loved its innovative twists and turns. Mark is king of the curveball." (John Marrs, bestselling author of When You Disappeared and The One)

"Marvelously gripping. No one can be trusted. No one is safe. The House Guest is psychological suspense at its very best." (Robert Dugoni, #1 international bestselling author of the Tracy Crosswhite series)

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not his best work

Oh gosh this is a hard one for me. Let me start by saying I am a huge fan of Mark. I think his books like the Magpies and I Follow you home, Because she loves me and many more were for me in my opinion master pieces. His books always had me staring at the wall for sometime, just in sheer what did I just read pure happiness. But when Here to stay came out I was underwhelmed and this one I feel unfortunately the same. For me it's not that wow 100 shiny stars factor anymore. I understand the pressure and how hard it is to keep up with that high level, but I have to be true to how I feel with his latest books . Did I hate it, absolutely not. Am I going to buy his next new one ?...absolutely. Am I still going to recommend his books, damn sure I will. But this one is 3 stars from me

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Really Boring

I'm a big fan of Mark Edwards, but he seems to have run out of steam with this one. Disappointingly, there's little originality in the story and the writing style is plain.

Mainly, it's NOT about a house guest, it's about a person being taken into a cult while somebody else runs around investigating what happened to them - asking lots of questions. The "cult" idea is nothing new, and the main story is just an investigation. Just lots of talk and questioning. YAWN!!

I couldn't relate to any of the characters, neither liked them nor hated them, and I really couldn't care less how it all turned out. I was glad when it was over. (Luckily less than 8 and a half hours long.)

I didn't like the narrators either. Will M. Watt made all the female characters sound like drag queens, especially the American ones.

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The Perfect Summer?

Mark Edwards is superb. I haven’t read a book of his yet that I have not thoroughly enjoyed.

The House Guest did not let me down!

British couple Ruth and Adam - both an actress and a script writer - take up a house sitting venture in New York. When Eden turns up on their front door, soaked to the skin, their lives were about to change!

I don’t want to say a lot more as I am sure it will give away a lot of the plot.

If you like thrillers. Psychological thrillers - is that a thing - then you will like this book.

The characters are believable and the pages will keep turning.

Would thoroughly recommend.

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Great story, a very dodgy accent at times

this was an enjoyable listen apart from a very annoying accent for one of the key characters. there are actually two narrators in this audio book, so rather than have a male doing a very poor attempt at portraying the female characters, and vice verse, why not have the female narrator doing the female characters and the man doing the male characters? it would have made the book far more easy to listen too that it actually was!
if you can get past the one dodgy accent, its well worth a listen. this is the third Mark Edwards book that I have listened too and I've enjoyed them all.

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Good pace and story

I really enjoyed this - it was well narrated, and the story was engaging with enough twists to keep my attention. I'll be adding the author to my favourites!

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highly recommended

the storyline was fantastic, the narrator came across as being really interested in the story, really highly recommended

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simply brilliant

Mark Edwards heroes it time and time again I've read various books of his I'm a huge fan he gets you hooked from the first page this is no different it's the first time I've done audible with him and the word superb just oozes out when describing the story ,in this the characters are fantastic without giving the story away I was really on edge listening to this I had images of certain characters and certain situations as the story unfolded this I put down to both of the narrators who told the story fantastically right down to the end I was asking myself surely not !!! that cannot happen and credit to the author for keeping thee story going to such effect please read this is all I ask you won't be disappointed I have read 6 of the authors books and have to say I find his books fast paced exciting and gripping easy 5 stars from me .

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Very Very Poor

This is the first review I've left for a book. I average around 5 audio books a month and have never failed to finish one, unlike this.

This book however is terrible (and I've loved most of his past books).

The plot is ridiculous, the characters poorly written and the narration just topped it off!

Avoid buying this as it is a waste of time and money.

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An enjoyable thriller

The plot wasn't what I expected it to be, but I looked forward to listening to it and thought that the main narrator was great.

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Very Very Intense

I need a drink after reading / listening to this book, very intense , interesting characters , another great read by Mark Edwards , I’ll never touch tequila again .

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