It's Christmas Eve. A stranger is at the door. She really should say no.
Claire Mercer came to her late aunt's lakehouse to disappear. No family, no obligations — just snow, silence, and the slow work of putting herself back together.
The house had other ideas.
Small things, at first. A mug she didn't use. A window she didn't leave open. Her friend laughed it off during her visit — old houses, she said. Just the cold getting in. Then she went home for Christmas.
And Claire was alone.
When a stranger knocks on Christmas Eve — stranded, apologetic, easy to like — she tells herself it's one night. It's the holidays. Some things you just don't say no to.
By morning, she'll understand exactly how wrong she was.
Some guests never leave.
For fans of Lisa Jewell, C.L. Taylor, Freida McFadden, Daniel Hurst and B.A. Paris
Genre: Mystery
Claire Mercer came to her late aunt's lakehouse to disappear. No family, no obligations — just snow, silence, and the slow work of putting herself back together.
The house had other ideas.
Small things, at first. A mug she didn't use. A window she didn't leave open. Her friend laughed it off during her visit — old houses, she said. Just the cold getting in. Then she went home for Christmas.
And Claire was alone.
When a stranger knocks on Christmas Eve — stranded, apologetic, easy to like — she tells herself it's one night. It's the holidays. Some things you just don't say no to.
By morning, she'll understand exactly how wrong she was.
Some guests never leave.
For fans of Lisa Jewell, C.L. Taylor, Freida McFadden, Daniel Hurst and B.A. Paris
Genre: Mystery