AN UNWANTED GUEST BY SHARI LAPENA

Wow! This is an excellent murder mystery reminiscent of Agatha Christie novels. I devoured this one and couldn't stop thinking about long after I read it. I highly recommend it. 

​Rating: ★★★★★
​Release Date: August 7, 2018
Genre: Murder Mystery
Series: None. Standalone. 
Pages: 304 pages
Format: Hardcover. Purchased. 

​A weekend retreat at a cozy mountain lodge is supposed to be the perfect getaway . . . but when the storm hits, no one is getting away

It's winter in the Catskills and Mitchell's Inn, nestled deep in the woods, is the perfect setting for a relaxing--maybe even romantic--weekend away. It boasts spacious old rooms with huge woodburning fireplaces, a well-stocked wine cellar, and opportunities for cross-country skiing, snowshoeing, or just curling up with a good murder mystery.

So when the weather takes a turn for the worse, and a blizzard cuts off the electricity--and all contact with the outside world--the guests settle in for the long haul. 

Soon, though, one of the guests turns up dead--it looks like an accident. But when a second guest dies, they start to panic. 

​Within the snowed-in paradise, something--or someone--is picking off the guests one by one. And there's nothing they can do but hunker down and hope they can survive the storm.

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Release Date: August 7, 2018
Genre: Murder Mystery
Actual Rating: 5 stars

An Unwanted Guest was an excellent read! It comes off as a modern Agatha Christie novel with a lot of tension. Admittedly, I was nervous going into this one because readers seemed to have either loved it or hated it, but I am glad I purchased the book anyway because it's one of my favorite mysteries of the year! Shari Lapena has written a fast paced, edge of your seat mystery that is character driven and filled with the sense of unease. Readers are going to have a hard time figuring out "who-dun-it" and will be anxiously flipping the pages until the climax! I found the book perplexing, intriguing, and downright addicting. I may have read it in small snippets, but I was always so excited to get back into the mystery. All in all, this is a fantastic book and I think many who love a good murder mystery will want to grab this one! ​

If you are looking for a book that takes place in the dead of winter, one where the characters are trapped and fighting off an unknown killer, or simply one that makes you try to figure out a mystery then I recommend this one. Also, if you are a fan of Agatha Christie and have been looking for modernized books that follow her types of plot patterns then this is the perfect one to grab! 

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