The Unexpected Guest
Publisher: HarperCollins Publishers Ltd
Published: June 2, 2003
Number of pages: 320
ISBN-13: 9780007154890
First sentence: IT WAS SHORTLY BEFORE MIDNIGHT ON A chilly November evening, and swirls of mist obscured parts of the dark, narrow, tree-lined country road in South Wales, not far from the Bristol Channel whence a foghorn sounded its melancholy boom automatically every few moments.