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By Lucy Foley
- Release Date: 2020-06-02
- Genre: Mysteries & Thrillers
Description
Don't miss Lucy Foley's new book, The Midnight Feast, coming June 18th!
A REESE'S BOOK CLUB PICK
THE NEW YORK TIMES BESTSELLER
ONE OF THE NEW YORK TIMES BEST THRILLERS OF THE YEAR
“I loved this book. It gave me the same waves of happiness I get from curling up with a classic Christie...The alternating points of view keep you guessing, and guessing wrong.” — Alex Michaelides, #1 New York Times bestselling author of The Silent Patient
"Evok[es] the great Agatha Christie classics…Pay close attention to seemingly throwaway details about the characters’ pasts. They are all clues.” -- New York Times Book Review
A wedding celebration turns dark and deadly in this deliciously wicked and atmospheric thriller reminiscent of Agatha Christie from the New York Times bestselling author of The Hunting Party.
The bride – The plus one – The best man – The wedding planner – The bridesmaid – The body
On an island off the coast of Ireland, guests gather to celebrate two people joining their lives together as one. The groom: handsome and charming, a rising television star. The bride: smart and ambitious, a magazine publisher. It’s a wedding for a magazine, or for a celebrity: the designer dress, the remote location, the luxe party favors, the boutique whiskey. The cell phone service may be spotty and the waves may be rough, but every detail has been expertly planned and will be expertly executed.
But perfection is for plans, and people are all too human. As the champagne is popped and the festivities begin, resentments and petty jealousies begin to mingle with the reminiscences and well wishes. The groomsmen begin the drinking game from their school days. The bridesmaid not-so-accidentally ruins her dress. The bride’s oldest (male) friend gives an uncomfortably caring toast.
And then someone turns up dead. Who didn’t wish the happy couple well? And perhaps more important, why?
Reviews
Interesting
3By brock_zahlerInteresting premise, decent execution. I didn’t love that we switched so many times between POV’s but that’s the trend with books like these. I thought the ending wasn’t as much of a twist as I’d like, but I was still excited to pick this up most days.I only finished it because I paid for it.
2By coltcam62627Too much back and forth. It took forever for the actual story to come together. I finished it because I paid for it, but really didn’t enjoy much.It dragged on
2By lovehappyendingsIt just dragged on and on….Thrilling page turner
5By MattN0622This is a real page-turner which gets better every chapter you read it. I highly recommend it if you like a mystery and a lot of intrigue! My wife and I read it at the same time and compared thoughts in the evenings—very fun, like our own book club. Two thumbs up!Great read…
4By Matina RGreat read, lots of twists and runs. I couldn’t put it down. I loved it but wish there was more of a resolution at the end. I prefer not making my own ending.Slow but worth it in the end
4By Jewel....Took me awhile to get to the point where I couldn’t put it down, but I finally got there. Everything begins to come together and then it goes full speed ahead.Loss of interest.
2By Gretchen, CEOToo many characters, sometimes I would lose focus, because of the lack of interest after a while. I had trouble focusing on who was talking pertaining to which character. Suspenseful near towards the end, but I had to keep charging through to finally get there…..Not fun or very interesting
2By oechsle1Not a very good story. Not many enjoyable characters. Suspenseful at times.My favorite book this year
5By Clogue33Even though LF wrote this years ago, I just found it. Tension on each and every page. I race-read this to find out the identity of the victim (I was wrong) and then the killer(s)? Wrong, on that too. I can’t recommend a book more highly.Enjoyable
4By Sarah SteelsIt does start off a bit slow and doesn’t pick up till around the last 1/4 of the book. It is very well written and I think Lucy does a phenomenal job with character descriptions and scenery. The ending was a bit too far fetched for me. That said, I did enjoy it and will definitely be reading more of Lucy’s books.