The Christian Science Monitor calls An Unexpected Guest a “new and noteworthy” novel for 2012: “… many nice touches… a quietly intelligent novel about a woman who, at long last, learns to be honest with herself.” For the full review, see here. (Mild spoiler alert…(Read More)
“The story is beautifully written, as the author gives detailed and minute descriptions of Paris streets, tourist attractions, and the typical Parisian one might see on the street. The emotional and riveting finish will challenge the reader to decide which path they would have taken. This book is a winner!” says The Courier (Montgomery County…(Read More)
An Unexpected Guest appeared in the Turkish-language blog Dolce far Niente: “The novel is completely away from being boring, each chapter is a fiction created to keep the excitement alive.” To read the entire review, in the original Turkish, look here.  …(Read More)
To hear a radio interview with Anne on WRS (World Radio Switzerland) – discussing, among other things, how her experiences as an expatriate and a journalist informed the themes and writing process of An Unexpected Guest – click here…(Read More)
From Kathleen Ferrari’s blog: “I always know that I am reading a great book when I start to read faster. This was the case with An Unexpected Guest.” To read more, look here…(Read More)
“In a very general sense, living abroad affects how one sees the world, which in turn affects what one writes.” For a new author Q&A with Anne on Writer Abroad blog, discussing – among other topics – questions related to being a writer abroad, please look here…(Read More)
Demand has out-stripped supply: the hardcover edition of An Unexpected Guest has gone into a second printing…(Read More)
An Unexpected Guest has been made The Literary Guild’s 85th-Anniversary Pick for the month of May. To read further, including how to order through the book club, look here…(Read More)
Vogue says, “Spring’s New Fiction: The Season Heats up… in Anne Korkeakivi’s An Unexpected Guest: A Novel (Little, Brown), a thriller-like tale of a British diplomat’s wife in Paris intent on pulling off the perfect dinner party while plagued by memories of past indiscretion.” To read in entirety, look here…(Read More)
Pieces says An Unexpected Guest “elegantly mixes politics and history with a complicated personal story… More than anything it is an intelligent book. Emotionally intelligent and politically astute. more than anything it is an intelligent book.” For the full review, look here…(Read More)
