The New York Times #1 Thriller of 2024Highsmithian highly readable, twisty and shrewd HANYA YANAGIHARA (on Instagram), author of A Little LifeAtmospheric, diabolical fun LUCY FOLEY, author of The Midnight FeastDisturbingly enjoyable EMMA HEALEY, author of Elizabeth is MissingA taut, wicked masterpiece MONA AWAD, author of BunnyEightyoneyearold Maggie Burkhardt has left it all behind and spent the last five years pingponging between the worlds luxury hotels.Now she has finally come to rest somewhere she can imagine staying forever the Royal Karnak Hotel in Luxor, Egypt.Maggie is no sweet old lady. She has a nasty, nosy little habit she spies on her fellow guests and manipulates situations to liberate them from what she sees as unhappy relationships.When an eightyearold boy, Otto, and his wellmeaning mother arrive at the hotel, Maggie sees two easy targets. But she is more wrong than she could possibly know, and is soon locked in a deathspiral with Otto has she finally met her match in a child onetenth her age?Crackling with the perceptive acid wit of The White Lotus and haloed by Shirley Jacksons cruel, dark magic, Christopher Bollens new novel is a decadent and ghastly delight.Early readers are sayingAbsolutely brilliant and insane. I went in knowing very little about the book and Im glad because it made it even more of a wild ride I loved this book from the first page The conflict between the old and the young in this cat and mouse tussle is brilliant. Its a hard to put...

Binding: Hardcover;352 pages; Publisher: Harper Collins Publishers - UK Wholesale Acct; Classification: FA; Weight: 568 g; Dimensions: 161 x 243 x 27

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