The Perfect Guest, Ruth Irons
The Perfect Guest, Ruth Irons
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The Perfect Guest

Author: Ruth Irons

Narrator: Stephanie Racine

Unabridged: 10 hr 54 min

Format: Digital Audiobook Download

Published: 09/10/2024

Synopsis

She stayed in your house. Now she wants your life. We all have that friend—the one who doesn't quite belong. Dinah Marshall is that person and knows it. After someone drops out, she's invited to spend the weekend at a luxury holiday home with women she's known since university. However, the gulf between them has widened since then, and Dinah is conscious of being the only one with no money, career, partner or children. Feeling like an outsider, she takes to snooping around the house. She's fascinated by its owners, Sarah and Isaac Rivers—and when she discovers she can secretly stay an extra night, that fascination quickly spirals into obsession. When Isaac Rivers meets 'Diana Malone' at an exclusive members club, he introduces her to his wife and friends, and she's soon welcomed into the group. She seems to be trying a little too hard, however, and as her somewhat intense behaviour starts to raise both eyebrows and questions, one of her new acquaintances begins to suspect she isn't who she says she is. For Diana—or is it Dinah?—this is a disaster: she's worked hard to get where she has, and these suspicions threaten everything. But Diana isn't the only one with secrets, and if she's going down, then she might just take everyone else with her… Tense, compulsive and gripping, The Perfect Guest is uncomfortable in the best possible way. - Charlotte Levin
I devoured this book. - Sophie Flynn
So bloody good. - Laura Pearson

About Ruth Irons

Ruth Irons grew up in South Wales before studying music at Exeter University, and then musical theatre at Central School of Speech and Drama. She worked as an actor, musician, and music teacher for many years before turning to writing as a creative outlet, completing courses with Curtis Brown Creative and The Writers Bureau. Ruth lives in Kingston-Upon-Thames with her husband and two daughters. The Perfect Guest is her debut novel.

Reviews

Goodreads review by Jayne on July 15, 2024

Yet another "Perfect" book that was anything but perfect. 😭😭😭 A PERFECT GUEST's "An obsessed woman stays in your house and now she wants your life" premise was intriguing. It was the book's execution that faltered. Many times, the book was all over the place. The book was also waaaay too long. IMHO, this......more

Goodreads review by Jo on July 12, 2024

Very hard to believe that this is a debut novel. I’m struggling to think of anything that u can compare it to! An excellent read/listen. Oh what a tangled web we weave, and Dinah has carefully curated that web, is she about to become trapped in it?! Dinah is a bit of a loner, she has a history of de......more

Goodreads review by Josephine on July 13, 2024

This high quality audio has vibes of single white female. It all starts on a girly weekend away at a posh house. Dinah feels unwanted and is fed up with her life so decides to tru and get into the lives of the owners by being like them. This took a while for the action to start. A lot of time was ta......more

Goodreads review by Jo_Scho_Reads on June 20, 2024

Dinah Marshall is a bit of a loner. No close friends, no relationship, no high flying career. So when a group of old student friends invite her on a weekend break she jumps at the chance. But when she gets there she’s swiftly aware that she’s out on a limb. Left to her own devices and exploring the......more

Goodreads review by Alana mcmahon on July 24, 2024

This is the first book in a while that I havent been able to put down, I love this book, from the first chapter or two I was hooked! The book follows an unreliable narrator though this whole story, there aren't to many twists and turns but the endings twist I didn't even see coming! Great book and hig......more

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