The Christmas Party

By: Kathryn Croft

Narrators: Billie Piper, Avita Jay

ASIN: B0DK3PVC9R

Publisher: Audible Originals

Publication Date: 10/31/1024

Format: Audiobook

My Rating: TBR

OCT 2024 MUST-READ BOOKS

A steamy psychological thriller set at Christmas by #1 bestselling author Kathryn Croft, for fans of K L Slater and Sarah A Denzil.

Christmas can be murder.

When Sasha receives a call from her old university friend Gabby inviting her to spend Christmas at Gabby’s remote Scottish lake house, Sasha knows she shouldn’t go.

Twelve years ago, on Christmas Eve, when Sasha and her five closest friends were celebrating the festive season, something truly horrific happened that would change the course of their friendship forever. Something that meant Sasha hasn’t spoken to any of them since that night.

But Gabby is insistent that they all get together this Christmas, to finally help her move on from the events of that night, so Sasha agrees to go.

Arriving at the sprawling house overlooking a stunning loch, Sasha quickly realises that Gabby has other reasons for getting the six friends together this Christmas. And now Sasha is forced to relive a past she’s tried hard to forget.

People had always told them their friendship wasn’t healthy. That the six of them spent far too much time together. No good would come of it, they said. How could relationships with others work when the six of them were so tightly interwoven?

When a snowstorm isolates them from the outside world, old flames are rekindled and tensions run high, and it soon becomes obvious: nothing that big can stay secret forever.

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Kathryn Croft

About the Creator

Kathryn is the bestselling author of fourteen psychological thrillers and to date she has sold over one and a half million copies of her books. Her third book, The Girl With No Past, spent over four weeks at number one in the Amazon UK chart, and she has also appeared on the Wall Street Journal's bestsellers list.

With publishing deals in sixteen different countries, Kathryn's next book will be published in March 2025.

After twelve years living in London, she now lives in Guildford, Surrey, the place she grew up, with her husband and two children. WEBSITE

Aviva Jay

About the Performer

Billie is currently shooting a regular role in the highly anticipated second series of Wednesday for Netflix. She can currently be seen in Netflix’s new show, KAOS, with Jeff Goldblum.

She can be seen starring in the critically acclaimed second series of her hit show - I Hate Suzie Too - on Sky and HBO Max, which she co-created and produced with Lucy Prebble, and playing the lead opposite Gillian Anderson in Netflix’s film Scoop.

Other credits include Lena Dunham’s film for Working Title, Catherine Called Birdy with Andrew Scott and Bella Ramsey, Craig Roberts’ film Eternal Beauty opposite Sally Hawkins, David Hare’s Collateral for BBC2 with Carey Mulligan and the independent film Two for Joy in which she starred with Samantha Morton.

She also wrote, directed, produced and starred in her debut feature film Rare Beasts which premiered at the Venice Film Festival.

She is the only actress to win all the UK Theatre Best Actress awards for her role in Yerma at the Young Vic in London and The Armory in New York.

Avita Jay

About the Performer

Theatre includes: A Tupperware of Ashes (National Theatre); The Secret Garden (Regent’s Open Air Theatre); The Empress, Falkland Sound, The Comedy of Errors, The Winter’s Tale (RSC); Jinnistan (Òran Mór, Traverse); Favour (Bush Theatre); The Lovely Bones (Birmingham Rep); Billionaire Boy (NST Theatre/UK tour); The Secret Garden (York Theatre Royal); The Jungle Book (National Tour); Bottled Up (Lyric Hammersmith); Bring on the Bollywood (National Tour); We’re Stuck (Shoreditch Town Hall/National Tour); Rapunzel, Warde Street (Park Theatre); Pioneer (Sheffield Crucible/Tour); Unsung (Wilton’s Music Hall); The Merry Wives of Windsor (national tour); Sunday Morning at the Centre of the World (Southwark Playhouse); Spare (New Diorama Theatre).