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2024
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Bestseller Paris (The Prisoner) orchestrates a symphony of subplots in this creepy domestic thriller. Unhappily married English couple Iris and Gabriel are returning home to the village of Markham after a two-week holiday. During their vacation, Gabriel, a doctor, came across a fatal bike accident while out jogging one morning. The 18-year-old victim was a former player on the youth soccer team Gabriel once coached, and he remains plagued both by his failure to save the young man and by the fact that his final words were "Tell mum I'll never forgive her." When the couple arrives home, they're shocked to discover that their friend, Laure, has moved in. Laure explains that her husband has fathered a child with another woman, and she needs space to clear her head. She vastly overstays her welcome, however, leading Iris and Gabriel to question her motives. Then the couple meet their new neighbors, whose gardener, Joseph, develops a connection with Laure--and whose shady past eventually throws all their complicated entanglements into disarray. Paris deftly juggles the many characters and plot strands on the way toward a wild climax. The results are electrifying. (Feb.)
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Iris and Gabriel Pelley are sympathetic when their close friend Laure unexpectedly appears on their doorstep seeking refuge. She's reeling after learning that her husband, Pierre, secretly fathered a child with another woman. Initially, Iris and Gabriel welcome the distraction. Gabriel, an experienced physician, has been troubled and distant since he was unable to save a critically wounded youth he discovered on the village's biking trail. When Iris meets landscape designer Joseph at their new neighbor's house, she decides that a fresh face will do wonders for them all and hires him to help Gabriel rehab their garden. Unfortunately, their lingering discontent tangles with Joseph's charisma to feed new intrigues and resentments. Then, on the night of a raging storm, Laure vanishes and Pierre's murdered body is discovered. Did they give refuge to a killer, or is something worse amiss? Well-crafted secrets and betrayals abound here but don't quite reach the expertly calibrated tension that fed Paris' more powerful The Therapist (2021) and The Prisoner (2022).
Summary

New York Times bestselling author B. A. Paris captivated psychological thriller readers everywhere with Behind Closed Doors . Now she invites you into another home full of heart-pounding secrets, in The Guest .

Some secrets never leave.

Iris and Gabriel have just arrived home from a make-or-break holiday. But a shock awaits them. One of their closest friends, Laure, is in their house. The atmosphere quickly becomes tense as she oversteps again and again: sleeping in their bed, wearing Iris' clothes, even rearranging the furniture.

Laure has walked out on her husband--and their good friend--Pierre, over his confession of an affair and a secret child. Iris and Gabriel want to be supportive of their friends, but as Laure's mood becomes increasingly unpredictable, her presence takes its toll.

Iris and Gabriel's only respite comes in the form of a couple new to town. But with them comes their gardener, who has a checkered past.

Soon, secrets from all their pasts will unravel, some more dangerous than they could have known.

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