Who stays in: The Guest Room (by Tasha Sylva)

Those who enjoy their suspense stories with a bit of creepiness, here is a title for you. Londoner, Tess, who lives in her sister’s house, has been renting out a room and has had various guests to stay.

Tess finds herself drawn to snooping on said visitors. She goes through their belongings, living a bit vicariously through them. Tess eventually begins reading a rather “dirty” diary that describes one guest’s obsession with a person he has been following. Tess wants to find out more and things unspool form there. And, oh yes, don’t forget that the circumstances of Tess’s sister’s death (she of the room that is let out) are less than clear.

Those who enjoy a thriller may well enjoy this one. It is the author’s first published book. I wonder what will come next.

Many thanks to NetGalley and Henry Holt and Company for this title. All opinions are my own.

Pub date: 11 July 2023

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