The Guests

 Guests- Stewart Giles- Crime/psychological thriller

Wow! One compelling read. Henry and Rebecca Green have always dreamt of living by the sea. The time has come now they are in their sixties to sell their outer London home and make the move. Henry is a little suspicious of the estate agent who is rather keen to sign them up. Rebecca has seen a house she loves, one that is almost too good to be true so wants to get moving (literally!). When they discover that next door is a rental for holidays at first they aren't too worried. When it turns out to be a weekend party house things take a turn for the worse. Fortunately Rebecca has a trick up her sleeve from her past occupation which quietens things down for a while. When the noise is ramped up again her daughter intervenes with eerie good intention. When the police arrive due to three deaths, who is to blame? 

OMG! I couldn't put this down, it's so well written I wanted to find out more and more which kept the pages flying by. You can't help but feel for the Greens predicament albeit that they were rather quick to sign- there are rules about noise etc but enforcing them is another matter completely. There are several twists and turns and a few red herrings which made this really interesting- almost a psychological thriller type read. One stunning read- a big 5* from me

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The Guests : They weren't invited, and now they have to pay How far would you go to keep a dream alive? Henry and Rebecca Green worked their whole lives dreaming about a house by the sea. They thought the move to the idyllic town of Frisk would be the perfect retirement. The sea views and clement weather were exactly what they'd been looking forward to their whole lives. But Mr and Mrs Green soon realise life in paradise isn't as rosy as they thought. There are others who want what they have. They soon find out that all of the neighbouring houses are HomeFromHome weekend rentals and very soon the ideal retirement takes a turn for the worse when reality hits. Against her husband's advice, Rebecca Green hatches a plan to get even. It's a plan so obscure and so out of the box, Henry doubts his wife's sanity at first. And the detectives who are brought in to investigate the series of murders at various HomeFromHome rentals are equally baffled.

Stewart Giles – Author Bio After reading English at 3 Universities and graduating from none of them, I set off travelling around the world with my wife, Ann, finally settling in South Africa, where we still live. In 2014 Ann dropped a rather large speaker on my head and I came up with the idea for a detective series. DS Jason Smith was born. Smith, the first in the series was finished a few months later. 3 years and 8 DS Smith books later, Joffe Books wondered if I would be interested in working with them. As a self-published author, I agreed. However, we decided on a new series - the DC Harriet Taylor: Cornwall series. The Beekeeper was published and soon hit the number one spot in Australia. The second in the series, The Perfect Murder did just as well. I continued to self-publish the Smith series and Unworthy hit the shelves in 2018 with amazing results. I therefore made the decision to self-publish The Backpacker which is book 3 in the Detective Harriet Taylor series which was published in July 2018. After The Backpacker I had an idea for a totally new start to a series – a collaboration between the Smith and Harriet thrillers and The Enigma was born. It brought together the broody, enigmatic Jason Smith and the more level-headed Harriet Taylor. The Miranda trilogy is something totally different. A psychological thriller trilogy. It is a real departure from anything else I’ve written before. The Detective Jason Smith series continues to grow with book 17 now available. In addition, I have a new series featuring an Irish detective who relocated to Guernsey. The first 5 books in the Detective Liam O’Reilly series are now available. There are also 3 stand alone novels. Website: www.stewartgiles.com Twitter: @stewartgiles Facebook: https://www.facebook.com/stewart.giles.33