The Uninvited Guests: A Novel

Pub Date: 2013-01-08 Pages: 288 Language: English Publisher: HarperCollins US One late spring evening in 1912. in the kitchens at Sterne. preparations begin for an elegant supper party in honor of Emerald Torringtons twentieth birthday But only a few. miles away. a dreadful accident propels a crowd of mysterious and not altogether savory survivors to seek shelter at the ramshackle manor-and the household is thrown into confusion and mischief. Evening turns to stormy night. and a most unpleasant parlor game threatens to blow respectability to smithereens: Smudge Torrington. the wayward youngest daughter of the house. decides that this is the perfect moment for her Great Undertaking The Uninvited Guests is the bewitching new novel from the critically acclaimed Sadie Jones The prizewinning author triumphs in this frightening yet delicious.. drama of dark surprises-where social ...