The Guest List

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The No.1 Sunday Times and the New York Times bestseller
A gripping, twisty murder mystery thriller from the No.1 bestselling author of The Hunting Party.

Lucy Foley is really very clever Anthony Horowitz
Thrilling The Times
A classic whodunnit Kate Mosse
Sharp and atmospheric and addictive Louise Candlish
A furiously twisty thriller Clare Mackintosh

On an island off the windswept Irish coast, guests gather for the wedding of the year the marriage of Jules Keegan and Will Slater.

Old friends.
Past grudges.

Happy families.
Hidden jealousies.

Thirteen guests.
One body.

The wedding cake has barely been cut when one of the guests is found dead. And as a storm unleashes its fury on the island, everyone is trapped.

All have a secret. All have a motive.
One guest wont leave this wedding alive . . .

Reviews

Both a classic whodunnit and a very contemporary psychological thriller that left me guessing right to the end a wonderful read Kate Mosse

Great fun. Lucy Foley is really very clever Anthony Horowitz

A very modern Agatha Christie for the new roaring 20s . . . secrets and lies at every turn Sarah Pinborough

Evoking the great Agatha Christie classics And Then There Were None and Murder on the Orient Express, . . . Foley builds her suspense slowly and creepily New York Times

Terrific Stylist

Whip smart page-turner with skilful characterisation . . . a compelling read Jane Shemilt

Foleys second take on the closed room murder mystery confirms her status as this generations Agatha Christie Sunday Express

Sharp and atmospheric and addictive I tore through it! Louise Candlish

Thoroughly addictive Sarah Hughes, I paper

I didnt think Lucy Foley could top The Hunting Party, but she did! I loved this book. It gave me the same waves of happiness l get from curling up with a classic Christie Alex Michaelides

Nail-biting . . . A fabulous closed room thriller. Lucy Foley is the Agatha Christie for our times Kate Hamer

It grabs you from the off and keeps you guessing until the very end. A genuine treat of a read Heat

This is a stunningly brilliant book: writing to die for, compelling characters, and a plot driven by a deep-seated sense of unease. I savoured every secret, every twist and turn Dinah Jefferies

I loved The Guest List and gobbled it up in a few sittings . . . A cracking story brilliantly told Ryan Tubridy

Compelling, entertaining and highly enjoyable, Lucy knocks this one out of the park Liz Nugent

Author Bio

Lucy Foley studied English Literature at Durham and UCL universities and worked for several years as a fiction editor in the publishing industry, before leaving to write full-time. Lucy's debut thriller, The Hunting Party, was an instant Sunday Times and Irish Times bestseller, and was inspired by a particularly remote spot in Scotland that fired her imagination. Lucy is also the author of three historical novels, which have been translated into sixteen languages. Her journalism has appeared in ES Magazine, Sunday Times Style, Grazia and more.