The Missing Guest

by Diana Wilkinson

What happens when the safety of your home is no longer safe? Every Friday night during lockdown, six friends meet onscreen to take part in a quiz. But when it's Barton Hinton’s turn to host the event, he introduces a set of personal questions that clearly aren’t random and which set off a fatal chain of events. When the police start to ask questions, the friends agree to hide the truth. Is it possible that one of the six guests killed a fellow member? Everyone has their secrets. Some are worth dying for. Some are worth killing for…

Genres: Audiobook

388 pages, Kindle Edition

First published November 23, 2023

About the author

Diana Wilkinson graduated from Durham University with a degree in geography, then after a short spell in teaching, spent most of her working life in the business of tennis development.
A former Irish international player, Diana finally stepped off the tennis court to become a full-time writer.
The inspiration for much of her work has come from the ladies she coached over the years and from confidences share over coffee.
4 Riverside Close is Diana's first crime novel, published by Bloodhound Books on 30th March 2020.
You Are Mine, her second thriller, is due for release on 1st June 202.
Born and bred in Belfast, Northern Ireland, during the height of the civil unrest, she now lives in Hertfordshire, England, with her husband son.

Reviews

[Arvin Dhillon · Rating 4 out of 5]

Interesting book by Diana. Although, reading about the horrors of Covid, lockdowns and masks was not very desirable. It is a thing of the past and never to be repeated, hopefully in the rest of my lifetime. Sleuthing by Kristi was and her character was adorable (cat lover like me). All in all a good thriller. Nothing exceptional thogh.

[Diane Born in UK, now living on Spain · Rating 1 out of 5]

I rated the book, to enable me to do a review.

I have read The girl in seat 2A prior to this and was expecting a lot different.

I only got to 7% of the way through and I wasn’t gripped, so I decided not to proceed any further.

I will try other books by this author and hope to find another good one.

[Catherine]

DNF at page 60

[Mrs Julie · Rating 5 out of 5]

Brilliant

It was a slow burn at first but as the characters developed I was unable to put it down. Great read.

[laura Sheppard · Rating 3 out of 5]

Really struggled to get into this book, story was slow for he first half, nearly dnf but it got better and picked up pace in he second half

[Carla · Rating 3 out of 5]

3.5** rounded down to 3* - Review to follow

[Mandy Harrison · Rating 5 out of 5]

Good read

Disliked the beginning few chapters. Trying to get the characters sorted. But enjoyed it and read it in one day.

[Nicki]

Temporary DNF. I’d like to read this one rather than continue listening to the audiobook. Too many characters to keep straight.