The Perfect Guest

She stayed in your house. Now she wants your life . . .

'Tense, compulsive and gripping, The Perfect Guest is uncomfortable in the best possible way' Charlotte Levin, author of If I Let You Go

We all have that friend - the one who doesn't quite belong. Dinah Marshall is that person and knows it. After someone drops out, she's invited to spend the weekend at a luxury holiday home with women she's known since university. However, the gulf between them has widened since then, and Dinah is conscious of being the only one with no money, career, partner or children. Feeling like an outsider, she takes to snooping around the house. She's fascinated by its owners, Sarah and Isaac Rivers - and when she discovers she can secretly stay an extra night, that fascination quickly spirals into obsession.

When Isaac Rivers meets 'Diana Malone' at an exclusive members club, he introduces her to his wife and friends, and she's soon welcomed into the group. She seems to be trying a little too hard, however, and as her somewhat intense behaviour starts to raise both eyebrows and questions, one of her new acquaintances begins to suspect she isn't who she says she is. For Diana - or is it Dinah? -this is a disaster: she's worked hard to get where she has, and these suspicions threaten everything. But Diana isn't the only one with secrets, and if she's going down, then she might just take everyone else with her . . .

Dinah Marshall is one of the best unreliable narrators I've read in a long time. Tense, compulsive and gripping, The Perfect Guest is uncomfortable in the best possible way. I love it! Charlotte Levin, author of R&J Pick, IF I LET YOU GO
An exciting new voice in psychological suspense. I devoured this book in a couple of sittings - highly recommended Sophie Flynn, author of WHAT STAYS UNSAID
Sharply drawn characters, a plot that makes you squirm but that you can't look away from. So bloody good Laura Pearson, author of THE LAST LIST OF MABEL BEAUMONT
A promising debut from a first time author with a keen eye for storytelling Daily Mail

Ruth Irons grew up in South Wales before studying music at Exeter University, and then musical theatre at Central School of Speech and Drama. She worked as an actor, musician, and music teacher for many years before turning to writing as a creative outlet, completing courses with Curtis Brown Creative and The Writers Bureau. Ruth lives in Kingston-Upon-Thames with her husband and two daughters. ThePerfectGuest is her debut novel.

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