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A wedding celebration turns dark and deadly in this deliciously wicked and atmospheric thriller reminiscent of Agatha Christie from the New York Times bestselling 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?
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Tried twice, but just couldn't get into this one. Sorry, but it was a swing and a miss.
This was an insanely slow book for me. I don't always require fast pace or action packed but the back and forth and past, future, character, who is who and who is doodling who or wants to doodle who in the present or past and crushing on who and traumatized by who - was a lot to keep up with (for me).
A group of friends, with a lot of shared history and not-so-shared secrets between them, gather together for a wedding on a deserted island that has a lot of lore and ghosts of its own. Soon after, a body is found and everyone seems to have a motive. This was a slow reveal whodunnit with multiple POVs and moody atmospheric setting. Usually too many POVs can get confusing but the author did a great job making the alternating chapters easy to follow and I loved how different all the characters were. It was definitely a more character driven story. There were some nice twists in the story but it was too much of an unbelievable coincidence that the victim ended up being the “big bad” for so many of the different characters (unbeknownst to them) and they just all happen to be in the same place at the same time but are otherwise unconnected in any way.