A haunting, atmospheric mystery set against a country divided, by the
author of A House of Ghosts.
January 1921. Though the Great War is over, in Ireland a new civil war
is raging. The once-grand Kilcolgan House, a crumbling bastion shrouded
in sea mist, lies half empty and filled with ghosts, both real and
imagined, while it shelters the surviving members of the Prendeville
family. Then, when an IRA ambush goes terribly wrong, Maud Prendeville,
Lord Kilcolgan's eldest daughter, is killed, leaving the family reeling.
Yet the IRA column behind the attack insists they left her alive, that
someone else must be responsible for her terrible fate. Captain Tom
Harkin, an IRA intelligence officer and Maud's former fiancé, is sent to
investigate. He becomes an unwelcome guest in this strange, gloomy
household.
Working undercover, Harkin must delve into the house's secrets--and
discover where, in this fractured, embattled town, allegiances truly
lie. But Harkin too is haunted by the ghosts of the past and by his
terrible experiences on the battlefields. Can he find the truth about
Maud's death before the past--and his strange, unnerving
surroundings--overwhelm him?
The Winter Guest is a gripping and immersive read for fans of classic
mysteries by the likes of Agatha Christie and Dorothy Sayers along with
Charles Todd's Ian Rutledge series, Ann Cleeves, and Jacqueline
Winspear.
