When hard drinking, pill popping, TV personality, Morgan Sheppard wakes up in a room, handcuffed to a bed little does he know his nightmare is just beginning. Sensing he's not alone Sheppard is surprised to discover there are 5 other people in the room not knowing how they got there either, then when they find the body of a murdered man in the bathtub, things take a turn for the worse.
After the first few pages I was hooked, not knowing who to believe or who to trust. You can at times feel the tension in the room so intensely you can actually picture yourself there. I couldn't figure it out myself because even though there are not many people in the room it's hard to believe one of them is a killer. Awesome read!!

TV personality and one-time "child detective" Morgan Sheppard wakes up handcuffed to a bed in an unfamiliar hotel room, with 5 other people - and a body in the bathtub. Who is the dead person, and how are all of the people in the room linked together? More importantly, why are they locked in this room, and how will they escape?

Sheppard is given 3 hours to solve the murder of the person in the bathtub and identify the killer in the room, as well as their motive. Oh, and did I mention that this task was assigned to him by a man in a horse mask, who appeared on the hotel TV screen? 

Locked room/escape room/Saw-type twisted game mash up is how I would describe this book. There were plenty of twists & turns, and at some points I really enjoyed the writing - but at others I found the prose to be wordier than necessary and a bit confusing as to who was narrating. 

Overall a clever premise for a mystery, though be prepared to reeeeealllyyy suspend belief and put up with some long-winded moments - I'm a big reader of thrillers and would classify this as more of a mystery for sure, but quite different than most.

3 stars, and I would read more by this author for sure.

Thank you to the author & publisher who provided an advance copy of this book via NetGalley in exchange for an honest review.

An ingenious debut novel McGeorge’s Guess Who is a classic locked room mystery coupled with a taut thriller.

**Thank you to Netgalley and Harlequin for the Advanced Reader Copy in exchange for an unbiased review.**

This is a very interesting book. It pulls you in from the first word. Something about the writing style or plot reminded me a lot of Agatha Christie. The book is a like a game show...it’s almost like you are in it. You go with the flow, try and figure things out, play the game so to say. You feel like you are trapped in the room with all the participants and now you need to get out. There are multiple twists that are extremely surprising. The brilliance of the book is that the author has managed to keep the reader guessing. The characters are well developed and they are not really black and white. I think the book is more a mystery/suspense than thriller. The only reason I won’t give it 5 stars is because it’s not unputdownable. Like a game show on tv, you can pause it and do other stuff, but you will come back to it eventually. Worth a read for sure.

I spend a lot of times in hotel rooms so this book immediately drew me in! I love how unsure of everything the author makes the reader, along with Sheppard. This book is expertly paced and drops clues at just the right time. I thoroughly enjoyed this story and the mystery that was underneath it all. Definitely recommend to anyone and everyone!

DNF @ 28%. I am just finding this premise to be unbelievable and I am unable to suspend my belief enough to enjoy the story. Other than that it was a decent read. It's basically a locked room mystery with a cast of interesting players. If you love that sort of thing this will probably be a good read for you.

I really enjoyed this book. It kept you guessing until the author wanted you to know the whole story. Although, I think even if the author had given us a little more of the mastermind, we still wouldn't have figured it out. This is the first whodunit that left me scratching my head in a long time. So kudos!

I have been on a mystery/suspense book kick lately, but Guess Who still stands out because of the unique location, plot, and the multitude of plot twists that seemed to never stopped coming. Guess Who is a story centered around the main character Morgan who finds himself trapped in a hotel room with 5 other people and no one is really innocent and the story is still going because it never really ends. This story is great for fans of mysteries that are not straight forward. This ARC was provided Harlequin and Netgalley for an honest review.

This book was a little hard for me to get into. I will be interested to see others reviews. I had never hears of this book or author before seeing it on NetGalley.

Definitely different crime thriller. Kind of a locked room murder mystery like John Dickson Carr or Agatha Christie with a very modernist twist. Requires a suspension of disbelief but holds together. This is McGeorgr’s first book and he is definitely a writer to watch. . Recommended.

This book starts off with a group of strangers locked in a hotel bedroom with no idea how they got there or what’s going on, what follows is a fast paced story whilst the protagonist attempts to solve a murder. This book does not disappoint and I couldn’t put it down. I was sent down a journey of twists and turns never sure what direction the story was going to go in and unlike many books I did not at any point predict the ending.
If you like crime novels with a little edge to it this book ticks all the boxes.

Guess Who is a mash-up of Saw and The Game, where nothing is what it appears.

Sheppard, a famous true crime television detective, wakes up handcuffed to the bed in a hotel room. He remembers nothing of how he arrived there. With him are five strangers: Mandy, Alan, Ryan, Constance and a nameless teenage girl wearing headphones. Worse, there is a dead body in the bathroom.

A mysterious horse-masked man appears on the television. He gives Sheppard three hours to determine which of the room’s occupants is the murderer. If he fails, the hotel will be destroyed.

As Sheppard investigates he realizes the game master knows more about him than is publicly known. Due to his drug and alcohol withdrawal symptoms, Sheppard struggles to solve the crime.

Guess Who reads like a movie script. It alternates between the present and the immediate past. The plot including the many twists and the ultimate reveal is good. However, the point of view changes abruptly toward the end from third person limited (Sheppard) to third person omniscient. Sometimes it was difficult to determine whose underlying motives were being revealed necessitating rereading. This threw me out of the story right before the climax. Also, some of the characters motivations were too over-the-top and unbelievable. For these reasons, 3 stars.

Thanks to the publisher, Hanover Square Press, and NetGalley for an advanced copy.

This had such a great premise and drew me in, but unfortunately after the opening scenes, the story kind of fell flat and was just a little too implausible.

Locked in a hotel room, there is one body, 6 living people. Which one is the murderer?

The premise hooked me immediately. Very intriguing. The author does a great job of unfolding the story, too. First you meet the living 6, one by one, and discover their ties to the victim. There is one clear "star" of the group, Morgan Sheppherd. He is the one charged with finding the killer, even while the others suspect him. There are two mysteries in this book: the present day body in the room AND a mystery of what caused Morgan Sheppherd to become the famous child detective back when he was eleven, the event which his fame has been riding on ever since.

Guess Who kept my interest throughout. I thought the six (including the victim) other characters in the room with Sheppherd could have been fleshed out a bit better, but they were done well enough to make the story work. I liked both mysteries, but felt more connection to the one set in the main character's childhood. I would recommend this book to anyone who likes a good, old-fashioned, whodunnit. I look forward to whatever Chris McGeorge comes up with next!

Thanks to Chris McGeorge, Harlequin Trade Publishing, and NetGalley for my advanced copy of this book. I liked the premise so well, I have already purchased a paperback copy as well!

Thank you to Net Galley and the Publisher for a free ARC novel in exchange for an honest review.

An interesting twist on the "escape room" or the "locked in a room" style of mystery. The entire story takes place in the locked hotel room where our main character Morgan Sheppard wakes up handcuffed to a bed. There are 5 strangers on the floor, also in the process of waking up and a dead body in the bathtub. Morgan plays a detective on TV and he has been charged by a creepy man in a horse mask on the hotel TV with finding out who killed the man in the tub within 3 hours, or else the entire hotel will be blown up. The only thing they know for certain is that the killer is in the room with them.

The author provides many clues along the way and several surprises to assist the reader in figuring out who each character is and how they fit into the plot. The ending just leaves you the feeling, now why didn't I see that coming? It's quite the shocker. Quite the page turner, very difficult to put down.

3.5 stars.
Quite an interesting read. A bit uneven for my taste, I was both way ahead and way behind the narrative at different times. But the central conceit is so smart. A locked room mystery for the twenty-first century. I don’t want to give too much away but the location reveal of this mystery was one of my favorite elements, along with the backstory of our villain.
I received this novel from NetGalley - courtesy of Harlequin - in exchange for an honest review.

Let me start this review by saying that it’s been months since I’ve had so much fun reading a book. And I’m talking about pure entertainment here. Guess Who by Chris McGeorge was like a blockbuster movie turned into a mystery novel, and it grabbed me from the very first page.

The concept was one of those I’m always attracted to: 5 suspects are locked in a hotel room with a body. The main character, a TV detective who became famous as a kid for solving a murder, has to guess who the killer is or everyone dies… Thrilling, right? I knew as soon as I saw the blurb that I wanted to read it!

The writing was sharp and straight-forward, full of witty dialogue and tension between the characters. I can honestly say there wasn’t a moment of boredom in Guess Who. If you want a fun summer mystery, this is a book that I’d definitely recommend for those who want to escape from reality and keep turning the pages addictively.

Now… Let’s talk about some issues I had. Basically, as much fun as I had while reading this novel, you absolutely need to suspend your disbelief during the majority of the second half. And hey, I always read mysteries and thrillers, so it’s not like I don’t like twists or ask for realism all the time. But the backstories felt so incredibly forced. And the twists were implausible, so I kind of felt like the author had had a great idea but didn’t know how to solve that mess so he just kept writing until he finally had to come up with a solution, no matter if it didn’t really make any sense.

But it’s OK, really. I honestly don’t mind that much because Guess Who was the perfect escapism for an otherwise mediocre week, so if you don’t mind if your thrillers to be a little on the unrealistic side, then I’m pretty sure you’ll find this book amazing.

Thanks to NetGalley and Hanover Square Press for an advance copy in exchange for an honest review. This title will be available in September 2018.

“Guess Who” by Chris McGeorge is the intriguing story of Morgan Sheppard, the lead character in a true detective show who paved his way to adult fame when he solved a murder at age 11. When the story begins, Morgan wakes up in a hotel room with five strangers, and he is handcuffed to the bed. His task, which is NOT part of a TV show, is to determine which one of the strangers is a killer.

This book made me think of “Criminal Minds,” and I’m a huge fan of that show. A victim wakes up in a strange place, not knowing what’s happening or how he got there and has to figure out how to escape. I liked the flashbacks to give the reader hints along the way about how we got to the present day, although a timeframe might have been better instead of just starting the chapter with “Before....” For a while, I didn’t think we would get to the villain’s trigger (in “Criminal Minds,” there is always a trigger), but we got there and it was totally believable.

I really enjoyed this. The only reason I knocked it down a star is because it felt a little too drawn out in places. I would have liked to see less of the futile attempts to escape and more of the group dynamic among the people in the room. All in all, a great recommended read.

I received a copy of this novel from the publisher via NetGalley.

Television personality ("Resident Detective") Morgan Sheppard wakes up to find himself handcuffed to a bed in a hotel room with five drugged people and a dead body in the bath. A masked man tells him (via the television) that they are locked in, the killer is one of those in the room and that Morgan has three hours to identify him or her.

There are many and varied twists and turns, as well as flashbacks to Morgan's past, which gradually explain why he is famous as a "Detective" and why he is in this predicament. While the plot is (to say the least) far-fetched, it is coherent and compelling and Morgan's character is well done.

A page-turner.

I received this book from Netgalley in exchange for an honest review.

When Morgan Sheppard wakes up to find himself handcuffed to a bed in a hotel room, he's baffled. And in withdrawal from the pills and alcohol he's accustomed to ingesting regularly. To complicate matters, he soon realizes there are 5 other people and one dead body in the room with him.
From this unusual start we realize there's a price to be paid before anyone can escape this room. A complete thriller from the get go, I found this book impossible to put down. Masterful at every step of the way, it made for a very satisfying read.