The Christmas Party

By: Kathryn Croft

Narrated by: Billie Piper, Avita Jay

Length: 4 hrs and 42 mins

Publisher's summary

Tis the season for secrets and suspicion.

A chilling psychological thriller with a twist that you won't see coming, narrated by Billie Piper and Avita Jay. This Audible Original, by #1 bestselling author Kathryn Croft, is perfect for fans of Lisa Jewell, Sarah A Denzil and K L Slater.

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.

©2024 Kathryn Croft (P)2024 Audible Ltd.

Quick and interesting.

Everyone has a secret and it's not what you think! I would have liked a few more details to tie the ending up, but overall it was a good story.

That was the ending?

I don’t normally write reviews, but this one I had to. I enjoyed the book up to the ending. It just stops. I literally had to re-listen to the last five minutes or so to make sure I didn’t blank out for it. It was almost like the author was like “okay, I’m not going to write any more words. I’m done.”

Aghast and befuddled with the ending.

A holiday mystery

A mystery that keeps you in the dark for quite a bit, I like the narrator and how suspicions were shared by all participants.

Terrible ending

The end!!!!! ???? There was so much still in the story I can’t belive it ended there

Slow…

Skipped 1/2 the chapters to get to the end! So repetitive and boring…. 🥱 I just wanted to know the culprit and stop!

Interesting mystery

Absolutely love Billie Piper's narration. The story was good and kept my interest. But the characters were all a bit horrible, I wouldn't want to be a part of that friend group

Great narrator!

Good story, a bit obvious here and there. Wish there had been an epilogue, though.

I’d skip this one. It’s well voiced and you think it may be interesting , but not this one .

I usually love all the audible originals , but was disappointed in this one. These people are supposedly great friends . Maybe it’s a case of keep your enemies close. And there was really no explanation that I could discern. Best things were it was free and short .

Enjoyed the ride!

Solid thriller. Greatly enjoyed all the twists and turns, which kept me guessing.
While I suspected the culprit, I just felt that person was hiding something. I did not predict the ultimate culprit, which is a good sign.

I would have liked a follow up or epilogue, mainly because I was invested in the characters and was curious to see what became of everyone. Not because it was necessary to the story.

Overall a good read and I will check out more by this author

Loved this one!

I loved how you didn’t know until the end what had happened. All the twists and turns were great!!