#NovNov24

Book blurb

There’s a man in your kitchen.

He’s cooking dinner.

But who is he?

My thoughts

The Uninvited Guest comes in at under 20pp which means it’s well within the ‘under 200pp’ limit and perhaps shorter than would normally be acceptable but this challenge is very much a supportive one only putting an upper limit.

Although this is very short I wanted to add Rachel Abbott to the list of authors I have read. Indeed, I can hardly believe that I haven’t read and shared my thoughts on any of her books as yet!

The story is simply laid out in the book blurb. A young woman returns home to find a stranger making dinner in her kitchen. He greets her as though they have met before! Who is this man? How did he get into her home?

There is fear and panic in the young woman. She is terrified as you might expect. She takes action. Action she is likely to regret – or will she?

As the backstory is revealed with regard to what has transpired we realise that a memory can be distorted or forgotten in certain situations or because of our own actions. Assumptions are then made based on this lack of memory. We do something out of fear and out of character. Something that is later regretted yet is not a thing that we can change.

What a wonderfully dark tale we are treated to! In three chapters we have a story that tells us about how a young woman feels as she gets home from work to find a stranger, An Uninvited Guest cooking dinner in her kitchen but is this what it seems or is there something else going on? Small but powerful this story packs a punch!

NovNov24

Check out our hosts for this years NovNov24 for all the information you will need to get involved. If you join in I hope you’ll have a great time as this is such an enjoyable challenge.

Host – Cathy @ 746books | Host – Rebecca @ bookishbeck

Where to add your links – introduction and review links for NovNov24.

Information

Join Rachel Abbott’s newsletter group, click here and receive a bonus FREE SHORT STORY. This short story was first published in Killer Women: Crime Club Anthology #2: The Body in October 2017. | Length: 19pp

Buy: Killer Women: Crime Club Anthology #2 – The Body

Purchase Rachel Abbott’s books on Bookshop.org (affiliate link) | AmazonSmileUK (author page) | Amazon.com (USA author page)

Author: Rachel Abbott is the bestselling author of the DCI Tom Douglas thrillers, which have sold over 4 million copies in the English language and have been translated into more than 20 languages.

She is also the author of the Stephanie King series, published by Wildfire Books. The first in this series – And So It Begins – was a Sunday Times top thriller of 2019.

Books

The Tom Douglas Series

Only the Innocent | The Back Road | Sleep Tight | Stranger Child| Nowhere Child (a novella) | Kill Me Again | The Sixth Window | Come a Little Closer | The Shape of Lies | Right Behind You | Close Your Eyes | No More Lies

The Stephanie King Series

And So It Begins (UK link) | And So It Begins (US link) | The Murder Game (U.K.) / The Invitation (USA) | Don’t Look Away | The Last Time I Saw Him

Explore the website to discover more about Rachel and her books.