The Guest List A Novel

A Reese’s Book Club Pick and New York Times Bestseller, Lucy Foley’s The Guest List is the kind of thriller that keeps you up way past your bedtime—waves crashing outside, pages turning inside.

Picture this: a remote island off the coast of Ireland. A glamorous wedding. A rising television star marrying a savvy magazine publisher. Designer dress, boutique whiskey, all the luxe details perfectly orchestrated. But as the champagne flows and old friends reunite, long-buried secrets begin to surface. Resentments simmer. Jealousies flare. And by morning, someone will be dead.

The Guest List channels the atmospheric brilliance of Agatha Christie, weaving multiple points of view into a deliciously dark puzzle. As Alex Michaelides, author of The Silent Patient, puts it: “I loved this book. It gave me the same waves of happiness I get from curling up with a classic Christie.” The New York Times Book Review agrees, urging readers to “pay close attention to seemingly throwaway details about the characters’ pasts. They are all clues.”

This is the perfect read for a stormy afternoon at the cove—or anywhere you want to lose yourself in a masterfully crafted whodunit. Foley’s prose is sharp, her characters flawed and fascinating, and her sense of place utterly immersive. If you love psychological suspense with a coastal edge and plenty of twists, this one belongs on your shelf.

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