The Hotel Guest - April 2026
Rosemary Hennigan brings us on a compelling, mysterious journey with a narrator as complex and hidden as 'the sparrows tucked under the roof tiles of the Abbaye.' I was mesmerised. Imagine Ripley with the Secret History set and you'll get the general idea. With shimmering writing and deep reflections on existence, the true meaning of freedom, and the forces that shape us, this is a story that lingers in your mind long after you turn the final page. ― Gill Perdue, author of If I Tell
The Hotel Guest is a compelling and sharp book, a total page-turner, and a masterful character study. The locations are stunningly painted, and so richly evoked it felt like I was sitting around the table with the characters, engaging in their discussions. It really tests the limits of philosophy, and explores how far a woman can be pushed before she falls off the edge. And the edge, it seems, is always calling. A must read! ― Catherine Prasifka, author of This is How You Remember It
The Hotel Guest is an addictive, more-ish mystery which kept me reading right into the night. I tore through this book, desperate to find out exactly what Kit and her increasingly sinister group of former friends were hiding. It's so evocative and atmospheric, a real page-turner which expertly peels back the layers of toxic friendship and rivalry ― Jennifer Bray, author of The Lies Between Us
The Hotel Guest brilliantly weaves entitlement and the corruptions of class with questions of justice and the true meaning of friendship. Yearning to belong, Kit is swept into the camaraderie of a group of brilliant students, whose truth is not what it seems. Against the stunning backdrop of a French resort hotel, darkness looms between bright young things ultimately bound by tragedy. A haunting, intelligent and atmospheric read, this is a book that will stay with you long after you have put it down ― Sam Blake, The Killing Sense
A gripping mystery following one of my favourite topics - friendship. Rosemary Hennigan writes prose you just can't help but sink into, while keeping the tension up until the very end. Obsessed ― Heather Darwent, author of The Things We Do to Our Friends and A Little Scratch
Her fate was in their hands. Now their future is in hers.
Kit's summer job at the Abbaye de Saint Maurice was supposed to be a clean slate - until she fell in with 'the Olympians', a clique of wealthy young academics staying nearby. Kit, desperate to fit in, was drawn to them like a moth to a flame.
Then came the incident. One night. One choice. One secret too dark to name. Kit fled, and for ten years, she stayed gone.
When an invitation arrives, summoning her back to the Abbaye, Kit returns - not for redemption, but for a reckoning. A former lover is writing a book that threatens to crack open the past, and the Olympians want Kit to silence him. Again.
Will Kit be able to betray the man she once loved for the good of the rest? How far are her old friends willing to go to protect themselves? And, in a place where memory is a weapon and desire cuts deep, the real question is - who is Kit when the masks come off?
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Advance Praise for The Hotel Guest
Hennigan writes with an elegance creating a world that's deliciously unnerving. The prose is luminous and crisp, and the momentum irresistible. A truly hypnotic read. I finished it in one night ― Amanda Cassidy, bestselling author of The Stranger Inside
With the French Alps as an ambient, stunning backdrop, Rosemary Hennigan's The Hotel Guest completely captivated me with its exquisite prose and philosophical debate on what it means to be truly free, and how far one will go to be their authentic self. Rife with tension, a cast of complex characters, and a deliciously macabre ending, I did not want this perfect psychological suspense to ever end ― Ashley Tate, international bestselling author of Twenty-Seven Minutes
I savored this luscious dark truffle of a novel. Kit returns to a luxurious hotel in the French Alps where, ten years earlier, she fell in love with a clique of mesmerizing philosophy students, and made the worst mistake of her life. Now she must decide how far she'll go to cover it up. A delicious blend of betrayal, seduction, and moral ambiguity ― Helena Echlin, author of Clever Little Thing
An addictive thriller with whip-smart twists and beguiling characters, The Hotel Guest is dark academia at its best. I couldn't put it down ― Emily Critchley, author of The Undoing of Violet Claybourne
A compulsive thriller, beautifully set and described and always with a feeling of something sinister building. And sinister it is! A hugely satisfying read ― Charlie Gallagher, author of the Maddie Ives Detective Mysteries
The Hotel Guest is morally complex, with an undercurrent of tension throughout. All building up to a shocking conclusion. A beautifully dark novel. I adored it. This addictive novel will stay with you for a long time
― Catherine Balavage, Editor in Chief Frost Magazine
The Favorites (US) / The Favourite (Irl/UK)
An edgy, feminist campus novel about justice, gender, and power, following a woman who enrolls in law school and competes her way into an elite "Law and Literature" cohort to get revenge on the charismatic professor who wronged her sister.
Most students would kill to be accepted into the prestigious Law and Literature cohort at Franklin University. But for Jessie Mooney, enrollment in the course is about more than elite campus status, rigorous thought, and professional connections. It’s her chance to get close to charismatic professor Jay Crane—and take him down.
From the moment she discovered their secret relationship, Jessie's been convinced Crane is to blame for the events leading to her sister’s death. Still haunted by their last email exchange—You know what you did—she'll cross any line to hold him accountable. But when Jessie finally earns Crane’s trust and the coveted position as one of his “favorites,” attracting the other students’ envy and suspicion, the truth becomes darkly twisted. Is it justice Jessie craves, or revenge? And what does she stand to lose if she gets her way?
Shimmering with tension, this provocative novel explores the nature of obsession, the inequities of power, and the ways that anger, desire, and love reveal the best, and worst, of us.
“A riveting, surprising thriller that contains much more at its heart, The Favorites is a ferocious commentary on the nature of justice, and the gulf between what is right and what is legal. Gripping, emotional, and at times profound, I raced through this in an evening, swept along by the tense, pacy narrative and eager to spend more time with the author’s intricate meditations on the intersections of morality, power, and vengeance.”
—Kate Collins, author of A House for Good Children
“With an evocative academic atmosphere, subtle exploration of hierarchies, and brilliant foreshadowing, The Favorites is a truly propulsive read.”
—Heather Darwent, bestselling author of The Things We Do to Our Friends
“The Favorites is dark academia at its best. A tale of revenge gone wrong, toxic relationships, power imbalances, and the meaning of consent. It’s a page-turning, gripping novel that I absolutely devoured.”
—Disha Bose, author of Dirty Laundry
The Truth Will Out (Orion Fiction, 2022)
“Maybe I’ve told that version of the story so often that I can’t tell the truth of it anymore.”
Dara Gaffney is fresh out of drama school when she lands the leading role in the revival of Eabha de Lacey's hugely successful yet controversial play.
Based on the true story of the death of Cillian Butler, many claim that Eabha had an ulterior motive when she penned it. Cillian's death remains a mystery to this day, and Eabha and her brother, Austin, the only witnesses.
As the media storm builds and the opening night draws closer, the cast find it harder and harder to separate themselves from the characters.
As the truth of Cillian's fate becomes clear, Dara's loyalty to her role will be irrevocably questioned as the terrible history starts to repeat itself...
