The Club
A Reese Witherspoon Book Club Pick
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3.7 • 270 Ratings
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Publisher Description
A Reese Witherspoon Book Club Pick and instant New York Times Bestseller.
'Marple meets Succession' – The Sunday Times
'If rich terrible people behaving appallingly is your jam then The Club is the book for you!' – Marian Keyes, author of Again, Rachel
There’s no place like Home . . .
The Home Group is a collection of ultra-exclusive private members' clubs and a global phenomenon, and the opening of its most ambitious project yet – Island Home, a forgotten island transformed into the height of luxury – is billed as the celebrity event of the decade.
But as the first guests arrive, the weekend soon proves deadly – because it turns out that even the most beautiful people can keep the ugliest secrets and, in a world where reputation is everything, they'll do anything to keep it.
If your name's on the list, you're not getting out . . .
For fans of The White Lotus and Big Little Lies, Ellery Lloyd's The Club is an exhilarating, addictive read, telling a story of ambition, excess, and what happens when people who have everything - or nothing - to lose are pushed to their limit.
'One of the most riveting books I've read in a long time' – Louise Candlish, author of Our House
'Smart, topical and immensely entertaining' – T.M. Logan, author of The Holiday
'Glitzy and twisty and tons of fun' – The Observer
PUBLISHERS WEEKLY
This masterly thriller from the pseudonymous Lloyd (People like Her) effectively delays revealing who among the large cast of characters has died violently. Ned Groom has created exclusive clubs around the world for the elite of the elite, who pay huge sums to have their every whim catered to. Groom has just launched his most spectacular branch yet, on a private island 90 minutes from London, accessible by car only by a causeway at low tide. Its amenities include Poseidon, a fishbowl-like restaurant with views of the surrounding sea. The prologue, in which two unidentified people in a Land Rover halfway across the causeway realize they aren't going to make it as the tide rapidly rises, is followed by a Vanity Fair article, "Murder on the Island," which describes Poseidon patrons noticing a submerged Land Rover and its grim contents outside the window. That development and the discovery of a body on the island turn "the party of the year" into "the murder mystery of the decade." Flashbacks provide an array of suspects and motives. Lloyd (husband-and-wife writing team Collette Lyons and Paul Vlitos) makes the reader care about even unappealing characters, and the payoff is completely satisfying. Fans of Ruth Ware's One by One will be riveted.
Customer Reviews
Great read
Very different from anything I have read before. Gripping
Boring
Just couldn’t get into it. Unrelatable characters.
Loved it!
Slick, salacious mystery with more than one twist, consumed in 2 days straight, could not put it down,! Highly recommend - especially to those familiar with private members clubs, I know I’ll be checking behind the tv next time at babington house...