Crib Notes-Guess Who's Coming To Dinner...

If I could only choose one group social activity for the rest of my life it would be the dinner party. This intimate gathering of hand-picked individuals can be full of laughter and engaging conversation or high drama and the catastrophic unveiling of deeply buried secrets. For readers it can be the equivalent of eavesdropping without the fear of being found out.  So, listen in on these my bookish friends!

THE PERFECT GUESTS - Emma Rous

Seven guests come together for a dinner party at a grand, isolated house as part of a promotional event for a new Murder Mystery company. Sadie, an actor, is thrilled to have landed a gig, but as the evening progresses she begins to suspect all is not as it seems.

If You Liked…When No One Is Watching, The Hunting Party

THE DINNER PARTY - R.J. Parker

Ted and Juliette invite three other couples to a dinner party and one of the guests suggests they play a trust game.  Each person has to write down their deepest, darkest secret, something that happened since they took their wedding vows, and pass the note to their partner. The partner is supposed to forgive and destroy the note without reading it.  Like that’s gonna happen!

If You Liked…Big Little Lies, We Were Liars

LIE WITH ME - Sabine Durrant

At the beginning of this book, Paul bumps into an old university friend and is invited to dinner. He almost declined, but he is down on his luck and about to be made homeless, so the lure of a good meal is irresistible.  When he arrives, he recognizes some of the other guests from a holiday he took where a girl went missing.

If You Liked…The Lying Room, The Lost Man

THE OTHER PASSENGER - Louise Candlish

Two couples, vastly different in age and affluence, first come together at a dinner party hosted by the older couple in their elegant home.  By the time it’s the younger couples turn to host events have already been set in motion that will change all of their lives forever.

If You Liked…One By One, Leave The World Behind