The Winter Guest

The perfect chilling, gripping mystery as the nights draw in

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Pub Date 6 Jan 2022 | Archive Date 8 Jan 2022

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Description

The drive leads past the gate house and through the trees towards the big house, visible through the winter-bared branches. Its windows stare down at Harkin and the sea beyond . . .

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 - the Prendevilles, the noble family within, co-existing only as the balance of their secrets is kept.


Then, when an IRA ambush goes terribly wrong, Maud Prendeville, eldest daughter of Lord Kilcolgan, is killed, leaving the family reeling. Yet the IRA column insist they left her alive, that someone else must have been responsible for her terrible fate. Captain Tom Harkin, an IRA intelligence officer and Maud's former fiancé, is sent to investigate, becoming 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, each family member's 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 out the truth about Maud's death before the past - and his strange, unnerving surroundings - overwhelm him?


A haunting, atmospheric mystery set against the raw Irish landscape in a country divided, The Winter Guest is the perfect chilling read.

The drive leads past the gate house and through the trees towards the big house, visible through the winter-bared branches. Its windows stare down at Harkin and the sea beyond . . .

January 1921...


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ISBN 9781838771508
PRICE £16.99 (GBP)
PAGES 400

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Featured Reviews

Having read and listened to W C Ryan's previous book The House of Ghosts, I was eager to read this The Winter Guest. It did not disappoint, Ryan's writing style is superlative. His description of characters makes them leap of the page. This is a completely different story set in Ireland during the Civil War in Ireland however the descriptions of first war soldiers are sharp and concise and gives an accurate feel of their suffering. I highly recommend this book and hopefully the audiobook if it is done. I am so grateful for an ARC of the Winter Guest from Netgalley, the publishers and, of course, the author whom I admire highly.

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Heaving With Atmosphere…
This beautifully written mystery come ghostly tale is heaving with atmosphere and populated with superbly drawn characters and a compelling narrative told with much empathy. Haunting and well researched, the sense of place and time is palpable. A perfect Winter read.

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An atmospheric and well written Murder mystery set in Ireland in 1921 The Winter Guest is a highly enjoyable read and a book that is well written and recommended by this reader.

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