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Guest List
- 336 pages · about 6 hours
- First published 2020
- 18 editions
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1 About this book
The Guest List is a 2020 mystery novel by British author Lucy Foley. The story takes place at the wedding of Jules Keegan and Will Slater, which is being held on an island off the coast of Ireland. The plot has been compared to the works of Agatha Christie, as a murder occurs with limited suspects and each guest has a secret which will be revealed.
It was published in May 2020 by HarperCollins and on 2 June 2020 by William Morrow. It became a New York Times, Sunday Times and Washington Post bestseller, selling over a million copies in 30 territories. The novel was named one of the best thrillers of 2020 by The New York Times, was longlisted for the CWA Gold Dagger Award and won the 2020 Goodreads Choice Award for Mystery and Thrillers.
Summary adapted from Wikipedia (CC BY-SA 4.0)
- Thrillers
- Murder
- Crime
- Weddings
- Islands
- Psychological fiction
- Homicide
- Ireland
2 About Lucy Foley
Bio adapted from Wikipedia (CC BY-SA 4.0)
3 More by Lucy Foley
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