Un mariage sélect sur une île. Treize invités. Un cadavre.
Un mariage au large de l'Irlande, sur une île belle et sauvage. Julia, à la tête d'un magazine, est déterminée et ambitieuse ; Will une étoile montante de la télé-réalité. La fête se doit d'être à l'image de leur insolente réussite : tenues de créateur, décor somptueux et hôtes triés sur le volet. Le réseau mobile est peut-être capricieux et la mer agitée, pourtant chaque détail a été planifié d'une main experte par la wedding planner.
Mais la perfection est toute théorique, les invités bien trop humains. Au fur et à mesure que le champagne coule, le ressentiment et l'envie remplacent la joie et les voeux de bonheur. Et après un black-out, voilà qu'on crie au meurtre...
Jess needs a fresh start. She's broke and alone, and she's just left her job under less than ideal circumstances. Her half-brother Ben didn't sound thrilled when she asked if she could crash with him for a bit, but he didn't say no, and surely everything
In the shadows of an ancient wood, guests gather for the opening weekend of The Manor: a beautiful new countryside retreat. But under the burning midsummer sun, darkness stirs. Old friends and enemies circulate among the guests. And the candles have barely been lit for a solstice supper when the body is found.
On a remote island, guests gather for the wedding of the year - the marriage of Jules Keegan and Will Slater. Old friends. Happy families. Thirteen guests. The wedding cake has barely been cut when one of the guests is found dead. And as a storm unleashes
*The new murder mystery thriller from Lucy Foley - THE GUEST LIST - is available to pre-order now* *The Sunday Times No.1 bestseller* EVERYONE''S INVITED. EVERYONE''S A SUSPECT. AND EVERYONE''S TALKING ABOUT IT. '' Ripping, riveting '' A. J. Finn ''Clever, twisty and sleek'' Daily Mail '' Unputdownable '' John Boyne '' Foley is superb '' The Times '' Chilling '' Adele Parks ''Terrific, riveting '' Dinah Jefferies In a remote hunting lodge, deep in the Scottish wilderness, old friends gather for New Year. The beautiful one The golden couple The volatile one The new parents The quiet one The city boy The outsider The victim. Not an accident - a murder among friends.
The paths of Tom and Alice collide against a haze of youthful, carefree exuberance. And so begins a love story . . .It's when there were no happy endings. PARIS, 1939. Alice is living in the City of Light, but the pain of the last decade has already left its mark. There's a shadow creeping across Europe when she and Thomas Stafford - now a world famous artist - find each other once more . . .
*Don''t miss Lucy Foley''s Sunday Times bestselling crime debut, THE HUNTING PARTY, available to buy now.* ''This will sweep you away for the summer. Lucy Foley blends a rich history, haunting secrets and a timeless love story'' Santa Montefiore, Sunday Times bestselling author of The Deverill series ISTANBUL, 1921 Before the Occupation, Nur''s city was a tapestry of treasures: the Grand Bazaar alive with colour, trinkets and spices; saffron sunsets melting into the black waters of the Bosphorus; the sweet fragrance of the fig trees dancing on the summer breeze . . . Now the shadow of war hangs over the city, and Nur lives for the protection of a young boy with a terrible secret. Stumbling through the streets, carrying the embroideries that have become her livelihood, she avoids the gazes of the Allied soldiers. Survival is everything. When Nur chances upon George Monroe, a medical officer in the British Army, it is easy to hate him. Yet the lines between enemy and friend grow fainter. She and the boy would both be at risk. Nur knows that she cannot afford to fall - impossibly and dangerously - in love . . .
"Told in rotating points of view, this Tilt-A-Whirl of a novel brims with jangly tension - an undeniably engrossing guessing game." -- Vogue"A transcontinental whodunnit with chic panache, this page-turner will keep you up into the wee hours of the night." -- Good Morning America"Another page-turning thriller in which the story and its characters are as unique and beguiling as the city itself. ... [Foley] keeps readers on their toes with a fast-paced story in which she does a stellar job of juggling the past and the present with multiple narratives without getting bogged down. You can feel the urgency in her prose. ... A thrilling read." -- USA Today
