Many, many thanks to NetGalley and Celadon Books for gifting me a digital ARC of the new novel by Alex Michaelides - 5 stars!
Let's meet our narrator, Elliot Chase, a screenwriter. He's on a private Greek island with his best friend, former movie star, Lana Farrar. Also there are her husband and son, a close friend, and two employees. But Elliot will tell you this isn't quite an Agatha Christie locked-room mystery you're about to embark upon. Someone will die though.
I loved this book! Just like Elliot promised, I felt like I had just pulled up a seat and was listening to him tell me a story. He tells us the backstories of all the characters, but again in a way that felt cozy and interesting. And interested I was - I couldn't put this one down. Structured like a play (a Greek tragedy), It's creative, it's atmospheric (the wind off the island, called the fury), it's tense and surprising. Bravo, Mr. Michaelides!
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