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A wedding celebration turns dark and deadly in this deliciously wicked and atmospheric thriller reminiscent of Agatha Christie from the 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?
My thoughts
My thanks to the Publishers via NetGalley for the opportunity to read this in exchange for an honest review. I was more than happy to give this 4 stars or 8/10.
Lucy Foley is quick becoming an Author that I enjoy to read. Her stories draw you in and are similar in many ways to the Agatha Christie whodunits of years ago, in so much as the reader is taken on a journey with the characters and fed many red herrings and suspects along the way. The reader can't help, but suspect everyone at the same time.
We are whisked away to a remote island off the coast of Ireland for a wedding. As the wedding party and the guests assemble on the island everything seems to be well with the world, until a body turns up dead and the victim is known to them all. Why is there a dead body and more importantly who killed the person no longer alive?
This story jumps around a lot from the present to the past and back again. It is told from the perspective of multiple characters and I enjoyed this as it all added to the tension and mystery. As the story develops we find out about the relationships and secrets between the main characters, everyone of them is flawed and has a past that links them together in one way or another.
Grab a copy for yourself and settle back for a few hours, in order to find out what happens.
'And then the lights go out.'
A wedding celebration turns dark and deadly in this deliciously wicked and atmospheric thriller reminiscent of Agatha Christie from the 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?
My thoughts
My thanks to the Publishers via NetGalley for the opportunity to read this in exchange for an honest review. I was more than happy to give this 4 stars or 8/10.
Lucy Foley is quick becoming an Author that I enjoy to read. Her stories draw you in and are similar in many ways to the Agatha Christie whodunits of years ago, in so much as the reader is taken on a journey with the characters and fed many red herrings and suspects along the way. The reader can't help, but suspect everyone at the same time.
We are whisked away to a remote island off the coast of Ireland for a wedding. As the wedding party and the guests assemble on the island everything seems to be well with the world, until a body turns up dead and the victim is known to them all. Why is there a dead body and more importantly who killed the person no longer alive?
This story jumps around a lot from the present to the past and back again. It is told from the perspective of multiple characters and I enjoyed this as it all added to the tension and mystery. As the story develops we find out about the relationships and secrets between the main characters, everyone of them is flawed and has a past that links them together in one way or another.
Grab a copy for yourself and settle back for a few hours, in order to find out what happens.
'And then the lights go out.'
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