Friday, August 23, 2013

Book Review Friday: The Uninvited Guests


 

In The Uninvited Guests by Sadie Jones,a charming Edwardian house party is interrupted by a seemingly endless stream of confusing events.  It is Emerald Torrington's twentieth birthday, friends and family are gathered at the family estate of Sterne to celebrate.  Her stepfather is away on business.  A stranger has crashed the party.  And not far away a dreadful train crash sends hordes of disheveled survivors to the doors of the manor house looking for aid and hospitality.  Meanwhile, Smudge Torrington, Emerald's younger, and often overlooked sister, has decided this will be the night for her Great Undertaking.  Quirky, likable characters populate this dark and interesting comedy of manners.

If you like quirky, haunted tales you might like:

The Sweetness at the Bottom of the Pie by C. Alan Bradley
And then There Were None by Agatha Christie
Rebecca by Daphne  Du Maurier
The Secret Keeper by Kate Morton
The Thirteenth Tale by Diane Setterfield

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