A REESE'S BOOK CLUB PICK
THE NEW YORK TIMES BESTSELLER
“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?
Review
"Evoking the great Agatha Christie classics And Then There Were None and Murder on the Orient Express, Lucy Foley’s clever, taut new novel, The Guest List, takes us to a creepy island off the coast of Ireland…Foley builds her suspense slowly and creepily, deploying an array of narrators bristling with personal secrets…Pay close attention to seemingly throwaway details about the characters’ pasts. They are all clues.” ( New York Times Book Review)
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 I get from curling up with a classic Christie. A remote, atmospheric island, a wedding no one is particularly happy to be at, old secrets – and a murder. The alternating points of view keep you guessing, and guessing wrong. I can’t wait for her next book. (Alex Michaelides, #1 New York Times bestselling author of The Silent Patient)
" Murder on the Orient Express and And Then There Were None rolled into one...Fans of Christie, Louise Penny, and Ruth Rendell will absolutely love this book." ( Library Journal (starred review))
"Lucy Foley gets better with every book...The characters leap off the page, the twists are darker and more unexpected, and the setting is straight out of a Gothic novel...Yes, there's a murder, but there's so much more than that. (The twists, I admit, are pretty good too.)" ( Marie Claire)
"Lucy Foley has done it again....Cozy up with this whodunnit and watch the hours fly by." (Good Housekeeping)
"An updated Murder on the Orient Express." ( Booklist)
"Wedding season means a thrilling web of mystery in The Guest List." (Parade)
“[Foley’s] puzzle is solid, she plays fair with the reader, and overall her story is swift and entertaining.” ( Seattle Times)
"Easily my favorite book of 2020 so far...Will keep you guessing until the very end." (Better Homes & Gardens)
“No one may have come to the island intending to murder, but this destination wedding spirals into mayhem when it’s slowly revealed that most everyone in attendance is capable of becoming a lusting-for-revenge killer.”
(Washington Post)
Fatma İNAK ile @okuyan_kadinlar_kulubu nün #heraybiryayinevi etkinliği için okuduk.
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İrlanda kıyılarındaki bir adada düğün için toplanılıyor. Herşey farklı ve güzel görünüyor. Gelin ve damat gıbta edilecek bir çift. Damat, ekranların yakışıklı yüzü. Gelin ise hırslı ve başarılı bir dergi sahibi.
Gelinden beklenildiği gibi herşey şaşalı. Adanın sahipleri titizlikle hazırlanmış. Onlar için büyük bir reklam.
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Gelinin aldığı bir notla başlayan, işlenen bir cinayetle biten bir düğün organizasyonu.
Hikâyemiz düğünden bir gün öncesine ve düğün anına gidiyor. Olaylar gelin, damat, organizasyonun sahibi, başsağdıç, nedime ve bir davetli tarafından anlatılıyor. Bir çok karakter mevcut. Aynı Agatha Christie kitapları gibi. Adada da olması cabası. On Küçük Zenci gibi. Olayları okurken karakterleri daha iyi tanıyoruz. Karakter analizleri çok güzeldi. Ve hepsinin sakladığı bir sır var. Kitap ilerledikçe öğreniyoruz. Bu kısımları dikkatli okumanızı tavsiye ederim.
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Üç tane şok yaşadım. Üçünü de tahmin edemedim. Yazar, okuyucuyu şaşırtmayı, gerilimi tırmandırmayı çok iyi başarmış. Elimden bırakamadım. Okudukça tek tek sır perdeleri aralandı. Tek kelimeyle muhteşemdi. Bittiğinde devamı olsaydı diye düşündüm. Karakterlere neler olduğunu merak ettim açıkçası. Fatmacığımla birlikte güzel bir son yazdık
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Benim birazcık çenem düştü galiba Davetli Listesi, hem #thenewyorktimes gerilim kategorisindeki çok satanlarda yer alma hem de #goodreads okur ödülünü hak ediyor.
Son olarak @polisiyeokuyankadinlar kitabım da oldu. Mutlu bir haftasonu diliyorum. Kitapla kalın.
