Description

An engrossing, unsettling summer read from the author of the global phenomenon The Girls

‘Take it to the beach and savour every page’ Rob Doyle, Observer
‘Beach reading at its finest’ Daily Mail

The summer shimmers with wealth, privilege and promise on Long Island, but 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?

‘The ideal mix of hazy summer glamour and simmering threat for compulsive beach reading’ Megan Nolan

Publisher Review

Every sentence as sharp as a scalpel . . . tantalizing — Liska Jacobs * New York Times Book Review * The ideal mix of hazy summer glamour and shimmering threat for compulsive beach reading… A gripping, almost ghastly book — Megan Nolan, author of ACTS OF DESPERATION * Observer, *Summer Reads of 2023* * The Guest is everything I look for in a novel: cool, subtle, clinical — Nicole Flattery, author of NOTHING SPECIAL * Observer, *Summer Reads of 2023* * The Girls was exceptional; The Guest, with its exquisite pacing and deliciously muddled moral compass, is even better — Emily Watkins * Scotland on Sunday * A thrilling dissection of survival and how far its protagonist will (or can) go to achieve it — Virginia Feito, author of MRS MARCH * Observer, *Summer Reads of 2023* *