The Guest Room
Author: Chris Bohjalian
From the New York Times bestselling author of Midwives and The Sandcastle Girls comes the spellbinding tale of a party gone horribly wrong: two men lie dead in a suburban living room; two women are on the run from police; and a marriage is ripping apart at the seams. When Richard Chapman offers to host his younger brother’s bachelor party, he expects a certain amoun….Read More
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