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The Overnight Guest

by Heather Gudenkauf

A farmhouse with a buried history

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    New York Times bestseller

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A farmhouse with a buried history

A true-crime writer seeks solitude in a remote farmhouse, but the site’s connection to an old double murder and a missing girl makes the setting part of the mystery. When she finds a child outside during a worsening snowstorm, her effort to uncover what happened brings the house’s past and her own secrets into the same search. The story’s central tensions combine a confined winter setting, an unresolved crime, and the danger surrounding the unexpected arrival.

Good fit for readers who enjoy

  • Readers interested in crime thrillers involving an old murder and a disappearance.
  • Readers who enjoy mysteries set in isolated places during severe weather.
  • Readers drawn to stories about true-crime writing and secrets from the past.

Themes

Unresolved crimeDisappearanceIsolationSecretsThreat and protection

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Book overview

NEW YORK TIMES BESTSELLER

"Fully realized, wholly absorbing and almost painfully suspenseful...The journey is mesmerizing."
--New York Times

A woman receives an unexpected visitor during a deadly snowstorm in this chilling thriller from New York Times bestselling author Heather Gudenkauf.

True crime writer Wylie Lark doesn't mind being snowed in at the isolated farmhouse where she's retreated to write her new book. A cozy fire, complete silence. It would be perfect, if not for the fact that decades earlier, at this very house, two people were murdered in cold blood and a girl disappeared without a trace.

As the storm worsens, Wylie finds herself trapped inside the house, haunted by the secrets contained within its walls--haunted by secrets of her own. Then she discovers a small child in the snow just outside. After bringing the child inside for warmth and safety, she begins to search for answers. But soon it becomes clear that the farmhouse isn't as isolated as she thought, and someone is willing to do anything to find them.

And don't miss these other great stories by Heather!
  • The Weight of Silence
  • These Things Hidden
  • Little Mercies
  • Missing Pieces
  • Not a Sound
  • Before She Was Found
  • This is How I Lied
  • Everyone Is Watching
  • The Perfect Hosts
  • Take Back the Night

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