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Four people walked into the dining room that night. One would never leave.

Matthew: the perfect husband.

Titus: the perfect son.

Charlie: the perfect illusion.

Rachel: the perfect stranger.

Charlie didn’t want her at the book club. Matthew wouldn’t listen.

And that’s how Charlie finds himself slumped beside his husband’s body, their son sitting silently at the dinner table, while Rachel calls 999, the bloody knife still gripped in her hand.

Agatha Christie meets Donna Tartt in this nerve-shredding domestic noir thriller that weaves a sprawling web of secrets around an opulent West London world and the dinner that ends in death.

This one seemed like a rather popular book on hold, so I decided to give it a try myself too. A very simple premise where there is a dinner party in which 4 people walk in but only 3 manage to walk out. One confesses to the murder right away. End of the story, no?

The Dinner Guest revolves around the idyllic life of Charlie and his husband Matthew, and their son Titus. That is, until a woman named Rachel shows up. Slowly but surely she becomes completely entangled with their lives, a woman seemingly from nowhere. Charlie has suspicions about her, but can never prove anything. Besides, just what does she want anyway? How does the situation end up with Rachel with a knife in her hand over the dead body calling the policy?

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Let’s Talk Bookish – Eating & Reading

April 8, 2022April 7, 2022 Fives @ Down The Rabbit Hole

Let’s Talk Bookish is a weekly meme, hosted by Rukky @ Eternity Books & Dani @ Literary Lion, where they discuss certain topics, share their opinions, and spread the love by visiting each others’ posts.

APRIL 8: EATING & READING: YAY OR NAY? (suggested by me!)

Prompts: Do you ever (carefully) eat and read at the same time? Or are your books too precious to possibly get dirty? Perhaps eating and an audiobook? Do any books ever make you hungry? Is there a time and place for a nice snack or meal with a good book, or should books be focused on independently?

Welcome to another LTB here at DTRH everyone! Today’s exciting, because it has come around to a topic I suggested! Please indulge me as I answer my own questions, although I really want to hear what all of you think about the relationship between food and books. Yay, or nay?

For me, I have always been scared of dirtying my books, so I generally don’t eat while reading. Although if I do, I will try and eat it with chopsticks or another utensil to avoid oily fingers. Actually, thinking about it now, I did eat while reading a lot when I was younger. My nose was always in a book and even at lunch or dinner with my family I would be reading it! So rude in hindsight…

Nowadays, it has been made even easier for me by e-books. Now I can read and eat even easier (oops!). I imagine this might be easier in an audiobook format, but arguably with earbuds in I would seem even more rude.

I also read a lot of food-themed books, so sometimes it does make hungry though. On the other hand I also read a lot of murder mysteries which takes away my appetite. A fun book I can imagine being good on vacation, on the beach with a drink in hand or something, though I think there’s always a danger with bringing books outside too.

How precious are your books to you? Would you ever eat while reading? Maybe I’m just weird. Let me know in the comments below!

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Books With Uniquely Interesting Titles – Part 1

April 7, 2022April 6, 2022 Andge @ Down the Rabbit Hole

Maybe we’re all sick and tired of seeing lists here at Down the Rabbit Hole (you’d let me know if this is the case, right??), but this was genuinely a thought I had that wouldn’t go away.

I used to dabble in fiction writing a little bit on the side. And by used to, I mean, even as recent as a year ago. One thing I always struggled with was choosing the title. You want it to fit with what the piece is about, but also be interesting enough that it’s not going to be confused with that other work that is more memorable than yours.

I feel like I’ve seen such a wide breadth of titles in published works over the years. Some titles I’ve come across were fascinating and bold. Others…well, they aren’t necessarily my cup of tea at least.

So in this latest series I thought I’d share with you to spark discussion and fun, I wanted to collate some titles I personally thought were unique but also interesting. Whether that be due to its wittiness, puns, lyrical prose or how well it fit into the story, the reason can vary but the outcome still created something wonderful and memorable.

I’ll only be sharing the title and covers with you so the focus remains on the title, but each cover will be linked to Goodreads if you’re interested in picking up any of these.

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