About:
You think you’re safe in your home. You’re wrong.
Ever since Steph’s husband walked out after a thirty-year marriage, home hasn’t felt like a safe haven. Her daughter Bea thinks she’s imagining things. But Steph knows that the noises in the night, the open windows she knows she left closed, the strange smell in the kitchen – none of it feels right.
Then her house is broken into, and a young man named Noah helps her fix the front window. He’s fallen on hard times and Steph impulsively offers him a place to stay. At least if he is there, she won’t be home alone.
Before long Noah is living in Bea’s old bedroom, paying rent, and getting his life back on track. Steph’s ex-husband and Bea are furious. But Steph feels secure at last.
Until the strange things start happening once more.
Until it becomes clear someone will stop at nothing to make her never, ever feel safe again.
The most twisty and unputdownable thriller of the year – perfect for fans of Lisa Jewell, Mark Edwards and Gone Girl.
Review:
First time reading Rona Halsall. The Guest Room is full of assumptions. Steph thinks her way through this story, at times you’re led down the wrong path by her thoughts. The phase over thinking it is definitely something this character does. Steph is annoying for being so naive, too nice for her own good. Thinking that she can sort things, or that once reported it will be the end of her troubles, however that naivety is quite irritating and you feel like you want to shake her.
Several times I assumed I knew who was behind the disturbing things that occurred but towards the end it becomes clear who it really is.
I struggled with this story being about a lot of Steph’s thoughts, her over caring daughter and a husband that didn’t seem to be clear about why he had left her.
The ending was wrapped up rather neatly.
