The guest

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Summer is coming to a close on Long Island, and Alex is no longer welcome. One misstep at a dinner party and the older man she’s been staying with dismisses her with a ride to the train station and a ticket back to the city. With few resources, but a gift for navigating the desires of others, Alex stays on the island. She drifts like a ghost through the gated driveways and sun-blasted dunes of a rarefied world, trailing destruction in her wake.

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‘The tension never wavers’ Guardian
‘Sultry and engrossing? Take it to the beach and savour every page’ Observer

Summer’s almost over and Alex is no longer welcome…

Alex is a young woman teetering on the edge. Behind on her rent and with nothing to keep her in New York she agrees to spend August by the beach, in the lavish house of the older man she’s been seeing.

After one misstep at a dinner party she’s dismissed with a ride to the station and a ticket back to the city. But Alex decides to stay on the island, charming her way into the lives of the dazzlingly wealthy set who live there and leaving a trail of destruction behind her. Just how long can she keep going before she’s found out?

‘A delicious, dark-sided novel’ Guardian
‘Eerily captivating’ Elle
‘Compulsively readable’ Independent

Additional information

Weight 0.213 kg
Dimensions 19.7 × 12.6 × 2 cm
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Publisher

Imprint

Cover

Paperback

Pages

291

Language

English

Edition

1st paperback ed

Dewey

813.6 (edition:23)

Readership

General – Trade / Code: K