The Fury
A masterfully paced thriller about a reclusive ex–movie star and her famous friends whose spontaneous trip to a private Greek island is upended by a murder ― from the #1 New York Times bestselling author of The Silent Patient
This is a tale of murder. Or maybe that’s not quite true. At its heart, it’s a love story, isn’t it? Lana Farrar is a reclusive ex–movie star and one of the most famous women in the world. Every year, she invites her closest friends to escape the English weather and spend Easter on her idyllic private Greek island. I tell you this because you may think you know this story. You probably read about it at the time ― it caused a real stir in the tabloids, if you remember. It had all the necessary ingredients for a press sensation: a celebrity; a private island cut off by the wind…and a murder. We found ourselves trapped there overnight. Our old friendships concealed hatred and a desire for revenge. What followed was a game of cat and mouse ― a battle of wits, full of twists and turns, building to an unforgettable climax. The night ended in violence and death, as one of us was found murdered. But who am I? My name is Elliot Chase, and I’m going to tell you a story unlike any you’ve ever heard.
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Readers say *The Fury* by Alex Michaelides is a twisty psychological thriller blending a locked-room murder mystery with theatrical narration and an u...
What’s it about?
Lana Farrah is a movie star. She has retired from the business and chosen to live in London. But she is still one of the most famous women in the world. She even has her own private island in Greece where she sometimes entertains her closest friends. So what happens on that island that leaves one of her group dead?
What did it make me think about?
Whodunit? And what exactly was done?
Should I read it?
This novel is a solid suspense-thriller with an interesting narrator. I enjoyed it, but Alex Michaelides has a lot of expectations to live up to. His first book, The English Patient, was such a huge phenomenon that it must be hard to follow it up. If you like a good suspense-thriller than this book should be on your list. I won’t say much more or I could give something away….
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“But you can think what you like- that’s the fun of a murder-mystery, isn’t it? You can bet on whichever horse you choose.”
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