The Last Guest Dies Tonight: The new Southern murder mystery packed with wit, secrets and deadly twists, from the author of This is Not a Game

· Random House
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This book will become available on June 10, 2027. You will not be charged until it is released.

About this ebook

Film editor Saskia Laurie knows better than anyone how easily the lines between truth and fiction can be blurred.

Her latest commission – a Netflix documentary about Southern cookery icon Grace Beaumont, known for her ability to communicate with her dead Mama from beyond the grave – is a dream gig.

But as the cracks in Grace’s empire begin to show, Saskia receives a strange invitation to meet her alone and off the record. Hours later, Grace is found dead in her gothic Savannah mansion, exactly as she warned Saskia she would be. Beside her lies the body of the documentary’s director.

Now Saskia must look beyond what the camera captured and use the clues hidden in both film and real life to unmask the killer – before she becomes the next victim...

Film editor Saskia Laurie knows better than anyone how easily the lines between truth and fiction can be blurred. Her latest commission – a Netflix documentary about Southern cookery icon Grace Beaumont, known for her ability to communicate with her dead Mama from beyond the grave – is a dream gi...

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About the author

Kelly Mullen is an author, producer and marketing executive. As an executive producer, her credits include the Academy Award-nominated movie Trumbo, starring Bryan Cranston and Helen Mirren, and the AppleTV documentary Dads, which she produced with Ron Howard. Kelly’s creative work for brands has won more than fifty awards, including Cannes Lions and Clios. Her debut novel This Is Not a Game was called ‘fabulous, over-the-top fun’ by The Guardian and named one of Waterstones’ Best Crime & Thrillers of 2025. Kelly is also the author of A Murder in Eight Cocktails and The Last Guest Dies Tonight.

Kelly lives in London with her husband and their rescue cats.

Kelly Mullen is an author, producer and marketing executive. As an executive producer, her credits include the Academy Award-nominated movie Trumbo, starring Bryan Cranston and Helen Mirren, and the AppleTV documentary Dads, which she produced with Ron Howard. Kelly’s creative work for brands has...

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