The Safari: A Novel

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The Safari will have you up all night hungrily hunting the pages for stealthily laid clues. A must read! Heather Gudenkauf, New York Times bestselling author

When a wealthy family goes on a South African safari, a series of shocking murders rocks their exclusive compound in this unputdownable thriller from the acclaimed author of the rollicking good fun (The Wall Street Journal) The Main Character.

Odelia Babel, CEO of a sustainable fashion empire, is about to marry for the second timeto a man twenty-five years her junior. Asher Bach is the thirty-something designer of Odelias luxury clothing line, the darling of every high-fashion journalist, and madly in love with Odelia.

Eager to celebrate her nuptials with her nearest and dearest, Odelia invites her adult children, her daughter-in-law, her grandchild, and her best friend/assistant to an all-expenses-paid luxury safari at Leopard Sands in South Africa, the Babel familys favorite vacation spot. In its soil, they have deep rootsand even deeper secrets.

It seems like the perfect trip, but not everyone is thrilled for the happy couple. Amid game drives in the bush and bonfires beneath the desert stars, tensions among the family threaten to boil over. And then, the morning after a big fight with her son Samand hours before the weddingOdelia is found murdered. Sam is immediately the prime suspect, but he claims he has an ironclad alibihe was with his twin sister, Bailey. Only Bailey is nowhere to be found

As the heat roils, desperate poachers and ferocious animals lurk, and dark motives fester, it becomes clear that whoever killed Odelia isnt quite finished yet, and the rest of the Babel family is their prey.

Reviews

"[T]he perfect literary treat for readers who like matching wits with an author while doing a bit of armchair traveling... Goldis once again deftly tips her literary cap to the Queen of Crime, Agatha Christie, in another cleverly constructed puzzler that brings all the delights of classic Golden Age mysteries into the 21st century."-- "Library Journal (starred review)"
"Like a luxury safari, Jaclyn Goldis' enormously entertaining new novel takes readers on a thrilling ride through terrain as brutal as it is beautiful: an imperiled ecosystem of secrets, manipulation, and murder that will leave you breathless. With characters as richly realized as its sub-Saharan setting, THE SAFARI is a transporting page-turner with surprises around every corner. I couldn't put it down."--Luke Dumas, USA Today bestselling author of THE PALEONTOLOGIST and A HISTORY OF FEAR
"A compelling, high-octane exploration of privilege, complex family relationships, and class set at a luxurious, all-inclusive safari getaway surrounded by the deadliest of predators - human and animal. Atmospheric, addictive, and teeming with characters who all have something to hide, THE SAFARI will have you up all night hungrily hunting the pages for stealthily laid clues. A must read!"--Heather Gudenkauf, New York Times bestselling author of THE OVERNIGHT GUEST and THE PERFECT HOSTS

Author Bio

Jaclyn Goldis is a graduate of the University of Michigan, Ann Arbor, and NYU School of Law. She practiced estate planning law at a large Chicago firm for seven years before leaving her job to travel the world and write novels. After culling her possessions into only what would fit in a backpack, she traveled for over a year until settlingin Tel Aviv, where she can often be found writing from cafs near the beach. She is the author ofThe Chateau,The Main Character, andThe Safari.