The Perfect Guests

Critics Review

• Clever and engaging. Rous creates the ultimate house party mystery. A room full of strangers – or are they? Whispers of an old tragedy – or is it? An elaborately plated dinner – until one by one the guests fall ill. Old secrets and new dangers collide in this deliciously thrilling tale

  Lisa Gardner, No.1 New York Times bestselling author

• A richly atmospheric time-slip mystery with the pulse of a thriller, The Perfect Guests is deliciously evocative and absolutely spellbinding. Set up like a game of Cluedo, the story alternates between two narratives, one in the past, the other in the present, each chapter winding the tension higher as you discover the pieces you need to solve the puzzle. With vividly drawn characters, gorgeous prose, and an electric sense of place and time, I was sucked in from the very first page. The Perfect Guests is a fun and immensely satisfying treat!

  Christina McDonald, USA Today bestselling author

• Anyone yearning for a page-turning gothic story with a big house – and a shocking family secret – at its heart should gatecrash The Perfect Guests immediately!

  Eve Chase

• Shocking revelations and murderous intentions . . . this is a party suspense fans are advised to crash

  Booklist (starred review)

• As seductive but secretly treacherous as Raven Hall itself, this novel delivers devour-in-a-day diversion.. Rous has upped her game with this one

  Publishers Weekly

• The Perfect Guests is an engaging, unsettling tale of suspense, perfect for fans of Ruth Ware and Lucy Foley

  BookReporter

• A large, old house with a tragic past; a murder mystery weekend turning sinister; strange games of pretend being played within a family . . . What’s not to love? Gripping from start to finish, with lots of gorgeous descriptions of the Fens

  Helen Cooper, author of The Downstairs Neighbour

• There’s a glamorous murder-mystery weekend at the heart of this wonderfully atmospheric novel – and as the game begins, we’re enmeshed in a page-turning tale full of suspense, secrets and shocking revelations. Set against the desolate landscape of the Fens and the gothic splendour of Raven Hall, The Perfect Guests is a deliciously compulsive read

  Saskia Sarginson, bestselling author of The Twins

• A fabulously atmospheric setting, a cast of intriguing characters, and layer upon layer of mystery – this is a brilliant read

  C. J. Cooper, bestselling author of The Book Club

• The Perfect Guests invites readers behind the doors of Raven Hall to uncover a labyrinth of dark lies and slippery secrets. Twisty and utterly engrossing, I raced through it in one sitting and didn’t stop until I reached the jaw-dropping ending

  Lindsay Cameron

• Twisty and gripping, with a deliciously sinister murder mystery backdrop, The Perfect Guests had me utterly hooked, from its intriguing start right up until its heart-in-mouth ending. Dark, thrilling and expertly layered with secrets and suspense, it’s a story you’ll find impossible to put down

  Holly Miller, bestselling author of The Sight of You

• The Perfect Guests is a Gothic mystery with an intriguing sense of place and a story that slowly unfurls with sinister tension. This page-turning novel, where games are always dangerous, takes on a life of its own

  Lisa Ballantyne, Richard & Judy bestselling author

• Stunningly written, simmering with secrets and tension, I cannot recommend The Perfect Guests highly enough

  Jenny Ashcroft, bestselling author

• Spine-chilling fun

  Morning Star