As a food critic, I have to be brave and try new things. I’m no stranger to bizarre new eateries with their pop-up restaurants and avant-garde cuisines. But this one is different. There are no menus, and the previous guests are sworn to secrecy. My fellow diners are as mysterious as the host. There’s a lawyer, an actress, and an athlete. The most disturbing of the guests is a serial killer who was recently acquitted.
As the night unfolds, the guests are presented with their chosen drinks, which are not what they seem, and the food has a strange taste to it. With the guests starting to disappear one by one, I have to find out what’s going on before it's my turn to become the main course.
Dinner for Five is a dark and twisted story about karma and an unexpected dinner party.
Joan De La Haye writes dark and twisted thrillers featuring dangerous women, cold-blooded assassins, and survivors who turn the tables—violently. Her stories push boundaries and revel in the kind of justice that doesn’t play by the rules. Her characters don’t wait for permission—they take control, exact revenge, and refuse to be victims.
If you enjoy thrillers with bite, grit, and unapologetically fierce heroines, you’ve just found your new favourite author.