The Christmas Party – ARC Book Review

On a cold winter’s night, a little girl went missing. What really happened at the Christmas party?

Twelve years ago, the six of us were young and carefree, getting ready to celebrate Christmas. We had the house to ourselves: no parents, nobody telling us to behave. We just had to look after Seffie, my friend Gabby’s little sister. We thought she was tucked up safely in her lilac pyjamas, sleeping through the music. We were wrong. The next morning, when we went to wake her, her bed was empty. She was never seen again. And no one ever found out why…

Twelve years later, I receive a call from Gabby, inviting me to spend Christmas at her remote Scottish lake house. None of us have spoken since the night that Seffie disappeared, and part of me knows I shouldn’t go.

But Gabby says we need to be together to help us move on. Yet as soon as I arrive, it becomes clear that she has another reason to bring us all together. She claims one of us knows what happened to her little sister. And, as a snowstorm traps us in the house, she’ll stop at nothing to get to the truth…

Kathryn Croft is one of those underrated psychological thrillers that you should read. She has written many fast paced psychological thrillers that will definitely keep you up all night.

The Christmas Party follows Sasha when she gets an unexpected invitation from one of her college friends Gabby to attend her Christmas party at her house. Nearly ten years ago, Gabby hosted a party which resulted in the mysterious disappearance of Gabby’s younger sister Saffy. Sasha had been responsible to look after Saffy and she carries the guilt with her even today. Sasha when she reaches Gabby’s place, she finds that other college friends have been invited as well–Fin, Shaun, Andre, Anna. As there is snow storm ad that the friends seem to be stuck in Gabby’s house, Sasha realizes that someone in the room is Saffy’s murderer as she got a mysterious email from someone before she came to the party.

This was quiet unputdownable and fast paced thriller and quiet a page turner. The book goes back to the event that happened ten years ago to the present day. If you liked locked room mysteries then this book will be a perfect choice. Sasha couldn’t remember the events that happened the night ten years ago as her memories seemed muddled up. Then of course, the ending was quiet unexpected.

Overall, this book was worth reading and worth four stars.