The Guest List
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Publisher Description
*The brand new thriller from Lucy Foley – THE MIDNIGHT FEAST – is available to pre-order now*
The No.1 Sunday Times bestseller
*Over 1 million copies sold worldwide*
*One of The Times and Sunday Times Crime Books of the Year*
*Goodreads Choice Awards winner for Crime & Mystery 2020*
A gripping, twisty murder mystery thriller from the No.1 bestselling author of The Hunting Party.
‘Lucy Foley is really very clever’ Anthony Horowitz
‘Thrilling’ The Times
‘A classic whodunnit’ Kate Mosse
‘Sharp and atmospheric and addictive’ Louise Candlish
‘A furiously twisty thriller’ Clare Mackintosh
On an island off the windswept Irish coast, guests gather for the wedding of the year – the marriage of Jules Keegan and Will Slater.
Old friends.
Past grudges.
Happy families.
Hidden jealousies.
Thirteen guests.
One body.
The wedding cake has barely been cut when one of the guests is found dead. And as a storm unleashes its fury on the island, everyone is trapped.
All have a secret. All have a motive.
One guest won’t leave this wedding alive . . .
Reviews
‘Both a classic whodunnit and a very contemporary psychological thriller that left me guessing right to the end – a wonderful read’ Kate Mosse
‘Great fun. Lucy Foley is really very clever’ Anthony Horowitz
‘A very modern Agatha Christie for the new roaring 20s . . . secrets and lies at every turn’ Sarah Pinborough
‘Evoking the great Agatha Christie classics “And Then There Were None” and “Murder on the Orient Express,” . . . Foley builds her suspense slowly and creepily’ New York Times
‘Terrific’ Stylist
‘Whip smart page-turner with skilful characterisation . . . a compelling read’ Jane Shemilt
‘Foley’s second take on the “closed room” murder mystery confirms her status as this generation’s Agatha Christie’ Sunday Express
‘Sharp and atmospheric and addictive – I tore through it!’ Louise Candlish
‘Thoroughly addictive’ Sarah Hughes, I paper
‘I didn’t think Lucy Foley could top The Hunting Party, but she did! I loved this book. It gave me the same waves of happiness l get from curling up with a classic Christie’ Alex Michaelides
‘Nail-biting . . . A fabulous closed room thriller. Lucy Foley is the Agatha Christie for our times’ Kate Hamer
‘It grabs you from the off and keeps you guessing until the very end. A genuine treat of a read’ Heat
‘This is a stunningly brilliant book: writing to die for, compelling characters, and a plot driven by a deep-seated sense of unease. I savoured every secret, every twist and turn’ Dinah Jefferies
I loved The Guest List and gobbled it up in a few sittings . . . A cracking story brilliantly told’ Ryan Tubridy
‘Compelling, entertaining and highly enjoyable, Lucy knocks this one out of the park’ Liz Nugent
APPLE BOOKS REVIEW
From the author: “I knew that I wanted to set a murder mystery at a wedding. I knew I wanted it somewhere isolated, but I hadn’t really got the setting. And then for our anniversary, my husband and I travelled to Connemara on the west coast of Ireland and took a boat to one of the islands. It was a thunderbolt moment of, ‘This is where it’s going to be set.’ It’s beautiful, but it’s so remote and desolate and there’s a constant wind blowing. I’m sure it could bring something out in you.” I thought it would contrast all the glamour and extra-ness of the wedding. The darkness just grew and grew and I wanted to add in some of the local myths and legends, to make it a living, breathing location. Jules, the bride, wants to almost impose her will on nature but she actually can’t control the fact that there is a storm coming. The rotating chapters in this novel give a confessional feel to it. Almost like they are witnesses up on the stand, telling you the story. And I love the little slippages between what one character tells you and another chooses not to, or the way in which they see things. You’ve got this sense of things moving along. I like to write short chapters for that reason as well. I want the reader to always feel like they want more.”
PUBLISHERS WEEKLY
Set on a remote island off the Irish coast where a massacre once occurred, this entertaining if uneven mystery from Foley (The Hunting Party) opens just after the high-profile wedding of Will Slater, the star of the reality TV show Survive the Night, and Julia Keegan, an online magazine editor. During the reception, the lights go out, prompting a "scream of terror," which turns out to have come from a server, who reports having seen a lot of blood. Flashbacks from various perspectives, including the bride and her sister, the maid of honor, recount what preceded the server's grim discovery a body. Meanwhile, Julia is on edge after having received an anonymous note warning her not to marry Will, because he's not who he seems. Foley defers disclosing the murder victim's identity until quite late, but she undercuts the suspense with obvious indications of who it is. The tension of the setup isn't quite matched by the reveals, though the nicely creepy setting compensates somewhat. Readers seeking thrills will find plenty.
Customer Reviews
High drama!
Well, I couldn’t stop reading, my heart has done a marathon! Twists and turns like the gusts of wind in a storm. If you want an invite to the most deadly wedding ever then this book is for you! A sharp ending which I suppose makes sense but would have liked more about the aftermath. Still worth a read though if you can stand it!
Hero and Villain
Great read, kept you guessing to the very end.
Absolutely captivating
This book absolutely consumed me, I’ve never read a book where I got so sucked in, even in work when I got a second I’d start reading it again, you quickly find that this is like reading a murder mystery, somebody is dead but who? Who did it and why? My jaw was on the floor at the end. I hope I find another book this amazing!