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The Overnight Guest by Heather Gudenkauf

March 22, 2025 by Zirza 1 Comment

True Crime writer Wylie’s life is a mess: she’s divorced, she’s having a fight with her teenage son, and there’s a book that needs finishing, so she does what any sane person would do: rent the house where the crime she’s writing about took place (the place has been uninhabited for twenty years, but is somehow still livable, unvandalised, and connected to the grid) so she can finish her novel. Of course, a snow storm rears its head, cutting off the electricity. Of course, she […]

Filed Under: Fiction, Suspense Tagged With: crime, Heather Gudenkauf, overnight guest, thriller

Zirza's CBR17 Review No:16 · Genres: Fiction, Suspense · Tags: crime, Heather Gudenkauf, overnight guest, thriller ·
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The Overnight Guest

The Overnight Guest by Heather Gudenkauf

April 4, 2022 by Classic Leave a Comment

Trigger warning: Rape This is a good book to keep in mind for Halloween Bingo. It fits a couple of squares that I selected when I added this to our library. I really enjoyed this read. I was interested in the story that Wylie was there writing and loved how things tied together. I will say that of course you may not be super thrilled with the number of coincidences in this one when you get to the end. But I just rolled with it. […]

Filed Under: Mystery, Suspense Tagged With: Heather Gudenkauf

Classic's CBR14 Review No:78 · Genres: Mystery, Suspense · Tags: Heather Gudenkauf ·
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