The Guest List by Lucy Foley

The Guest List by Lucy Foley
Release: June 2nd 2020
Format: Ebook
Publisher: William Morrow
Source: Amazon

Set on a remote island off the Irish coast, this is one guest list no one would want to be on, just as no one would have wanted an invitation to the New Year’s Eve party in Foley’s previous novel, The Hunting Party . Lives unravel amid the revelry on an eerie and remote island as family and friends assemble for a glam wedding in an updated Murder on the Orient Express. Each of the principal characters has a reason to want one of their number dead, there are old secrets, and one of them is murdered.

Lucy Foley studied English literature at Durham University and University College London and worked for several years as a fiction editor in the publishing industry. She is the author of The Book of Lost and Found and The Invitation. She lives in London.

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The Guest List Review:

“The Guest List” is amazing and I love how the author wrote the story! She slowly sets the pace and introduces the characters, and then starts dropping so many twists and turns along the way. She beautifully links people who you thought would never be connected to each other. Somehow, she also gives valid motives for them to target and hate each other. Each character is a suspect for the events that take place in the island. As you start to learn more about them, surprisingly, even the innocent of them all has a violent side. Not only that, the event takes place near this cemetery, which makes the whole setting so atmospheric and creepy. At a certain point, you don’t even know if there are some supernatural elements that could be involved. It was indeed a delightful read.

Moreover, the characters have history which they are not proud of, so there is never a dull moment. I honestly liked reading about all the characters, whether it be Hannah, Jules, Johnno, Olivia and Will. Moreover, the author keeps the story energetic by alternating the plot from various point of view of each different character in each chapter. Hence, the story never feels dull at any point. The villain is also someone that you love to hate because of the horrible things they do. After a point, you want to see revenge on this person like so many others at the event.

Overall, this is a delightful murder mystery book and I enjoyed it a lot!