The Guest List

By: Lucy Foley

Narrated by: Olivia Dowd, Aoife McMahon, Chloe Massey, Sarah Ovens, Rich Keeble, Jot Davies

The number one Sunday Times best seller.

Waterstone's Thriller of the Month.

The June 2020 Reese's Book Club pick.

The Times Best Crime Fiction of the Year pick.

Goodreads Choice Awards winner for Crime & Mystery 2020.

Longlisted for the CWA Gold Dagger award.

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 won’t leave this wedding alive....

©2020 Lucy Foley (P)2019 HarperCollins Publishers Limited

Critic 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)

Entertaining but far-fetched

Overall, the story was quite interesting, but by the end there were too many subplots and coincidences and it all felt implausible.

Not too bad

I wouldn’t call it a murder mystery, since the whole murder was kind of pinned there as if something reminded the writer of it last minute.
Performances are good, though, mostly the female ones. And I liked the characters, too

Love love LOVE

This is one where the audiobook is essential! Loved the different voices, the different secrets and the crazy twists! Wow!

Beautifully narrated

I loved The Guest List. The narration was great and the story kept me hooked right to the end.

Unbelievable

I couldn’t put it down. She’s a brilliant writer! I felt all the terrifying thrills along the way