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The Guest List: A Reese's Book Club Pick

Author: Lucy Foley

Key Features:

“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

Synopsis

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 characters:

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?

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Books Reviewed:

  1. An Anonymous Girl by Greer Hendricks ⭐/5
    A woman in her 20s crashes a local university's psychology study. The professor running the study is sketchy af, and the book follows the dynamic between these two.

  2. Never Lie by Freida McFadden ⭐⭐/5
    Trapped in a snowstorm at a missing psychologist's house, a woman and her boyfriend face numerous odd behaviors.

  3. The Guest List by Lucy Foley ⭐⭐⭐/5
    A wedding on a creepy island follows the POV of various guests as their relationships unfold until a dead body is found.

  4. We Used to Live Here by Marcus Kliewer ⭐⭐⭐/5
    One woman lets a strange family back into their former home, leading to unsettling revelations.

  5. Incidents Around the House by Josh Malerman ⭐⭐/5
    An 8-year-old’s narrative raises haunting questions about her peculiar family dynamics.

  6. When the Wolf Comes Home by Nat Cassidy ⭐⭐⭐⭐/5
    A unique tale about a boy's dad and his transformation into a wolf monster when angered.

  7. Bury Our Bones in Midnight Soil by V.E. Schwab ⭐⭐/5
    A toxic sapphic vampire story that interconnects multiple timelines, though pacing and characterization were disappointing.

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