The Winter Guest
$24.83
- Hardcover
128 pages
- Release Date
1 December 2026
Summary
Janice, a widow in her 70s, is spending Christmas alone at a friend’s hotel in the West of Ireland. She finds herself the only guest until a mysterious man arrives by boat. They share dinner on Christmas Eve, and when Janice asks him to tell his story, he cryptically replies, “I’d have to kill you if I told you.” Janice, unfazed, calls his bluff, and they agree to confess the worst thing they’ve ever done.
The man reveals he committed a significant financial crime twenty-five years ag…
Book Details
| ISBN-13: | 9781037412172 |
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| ISBN-10: | 1037412176 |
| Author: | Sarah Moss |
| Publisher: | Pan Macmillan |
| Imprint: | Macmillan |
| Format: | Hardcover |
| Number of Pages: | 128 |
| Release Date: | 1 December 2026 |
| Dimensions: | 130mm x 168mm |
| Audience Age: | 18 |
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Critics Review
Deliciously twisty, both whip-smart and playful, this is destined to be one of those Christmas Eve classics you come back to every year as soon as darkness falls and the mince pies hit the table. – Rachel Joyce, author of The Homemade God
The Winter Guest is a perfectly measured serving of expert storytelling with a deliciously dark twist. I inhaled it in a single sitting. This is classic Sarah Moss – Jan Carson, author of Few and Far Between
I love Sarah Moss’s work. The Winter Guest was pure pleasure from start to finish; funny, gripping and sharp - I read it in a single, gleeful sitting – Katherine Rundell, author of Super-Infinite
Sarah Moss
Sarah Moss is the author of several novels, including Ripeness, the Sunday Times top ten bestseller Summerwater, and Ghost Wall, which was longlisted for the Women’s Prize.
She has also written two memoirs: My Good Bright Wolf, winner of Non-Fiction Book of the Year at The Saltires, Scotland’s National Book Awards, and Names for the Sea, an account of her year living in Iceland.
Born in Glasgow, Sarah grew up in the north of England. After living in Oxford, Canterbury, Reykjavik, west Cornwall, and the English Midlands, she now resides in Dublin.
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