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The Guest List

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The Guest List

Written by: Lucy Foley
Narrated by: Jot Davies, Chloe Massey, Olivia Dowd, Aoife McMahon, Sarah Ovens, Rich Keeble
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A Reese's Book Club Pick

“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, number one New York Times best-selling 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 best-selling 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?

©2020 Lucy Foley (P)2020 HarperCollins Publishers
Crime Thrillers Psychological Suspense Thriller Wedding Fiction Exciting Bride Artificial Intelligence
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Love this book

Great novel, loved the grey rainy tone of the story perfect for a fall day. The voice acting was great with everyone have there own accents that are reflected in the book.

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great

loved it . it was super well read, really good story, twist. overall really enjoyed

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Meh

Moderately entertaining to listen to while working. I found it a bit too easy to predict.

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A solid ok

This book was a bit difficult to stick with but kept me listening by the rotating of character's stories. I liked the conclusion. A few undeveloped ideas throughout the plot, overall it was okay.

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overall good narration issues for me

The plot was great and it moved very quickly I didn't have time to get bored The only problem I had was with the boys school group voices the grown-ups that came from the private school It was a bit much to listen to The other narrators were excellent and I understand some of the reasons for having the over-exaggerated school narrators.

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Great Christie like mystery

I really enjoyed this story and the narration. It is a modern take on an old who done it but you do not actually know who gets murdered until close to the end. I will say that I guessed the motive for the murder about half way through. Still well worth the listen/read.

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Just ok

I did not enjoy the structure of the book. I also didn't appreciate the lack of chapter numbers so I could find my place when the app crashed and lost my place.

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I could hardly put the book down

The book caught my attention from the start and kept me drawn into it all along. The narration was excellent! This was my first book by this author. Will definitely read more.

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narratiom

the characters were clear and narration dead on! I'm not sure I'd have loved it with bad narration.

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Thoroughly entertaining

I really enjoyed this! Narration was great (multiple actors made the switching narratives easy to follow and the accents sounded authentic) and the story kept me interested, the characters were well developed. I recommend!

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