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A group of strangers gathered at a mysterious country house are in a race against time to stop a serial killer in this twisty, high-concept thriller that combines Agatha Christie with Shutter Island. Ten strangers. An old dark house. A killer picking them off one by one. And a missing girl who’s running out of time… And then there was one. Ten strangers wake up inside an old, locked house. They have no recollection of how they got there. In order to escape, they have to solve the disappearance of a young woman. But a killer also stalks the halls of the house and soon the body count starts to rise. Who are these strangers? Why were they chosen? Why would someone want to kill them? And who—or what—lurks in the cellar? Forget what you think you know. Because while you can trust yourself, can you really trust The Other People?
Publication Year: 2025
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Thank you so much to the author and publishers for this ARC.
The premise is a classic locked room (read: huge building) mystery, and that in itself appeals to me. Beyond that, there is a colourfully diverse array of characters and narrative voices; plenty of horror that I was not expecting; and exactly the right amount of humour in exactly the right places.
After some initial bafflement - why is the beast in the cellar breaking the fourth wall?! - I fell in love with this book. I read it as a buddy read and it was such fun trying to figure out what was happening before the end. (We didn't.)
I can't believe that it's still 2024, and i might have just read the best book of 2025. It comes out in April, and you should read it.
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