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    The Ninth Guest

    Tess Little

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    Previously published at The Octopus

    We believed he had died from an overdose. There was no reason to suspect otherwise . . .

    When Elspeth is invited to her ex-husband Richard's fiftieth birthday party, she's expecting a star-studded event for the famous British film director, full of A-listers and hangers-on. But she arrives to find just seven other carefully selected guests in attendance.

    A surreal evening ensues, orchestrated by the charming yet manipulative host, culminating in what will surely become a night to remember . . .

    Because by morning, Richard will be dead, and every guest a suspect.

    Praise for The Ninth Guest:

    'Very intriguing' Heat, Book of the Week

    'Tess Little is a modern Agatha Christie, setting up her nine suspects, locking them in a sprawling Los Angeles mansion, and knocking them down one by one' Tanen Jones, author of The Better Liar

    'A unique locked-room mystery . . . Perfect for fans of Lucy Foley' Wendy Walker, bestselling author of Don't Look for Me

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    Tess Little

    Tess Little

    Tess Little is a writer and historian. She was born in Norwich and studied history at the Universities of Oxford and Cambridge. At the age of 22 she was elected as a Fellow of All Souls College, University of Oxford, where she completed a doctorate on 1970s feminist activism in the UK, France, and the US. Her short stories and non-fiction have appeared in Words and Women: Two, The Mays Anthology, The Belleville Park Pages, The White Review, and on posters outside a London tube station. The Ninth Guest is her first novel.

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