I got a little concerned when I saw that the cover blurb for Lucy Foley's best-selling The Guest List (#950) was written by Alex Michaelides, author of another best-seller, The Silent Patient. (See my post of 5/23/20.) Not a fan of that drivel, but I needn't have worried; The Guest List is trashy, all right, but in a good way.
It features a cast of characters gathered on a remote Irish island for an ultra-exclusive wedding between an attractive power couple. You know right from the get-go that there's a murder, but that's it. Who is killed, or why is only gradually unraveled. In the lead-up to the revelation at the end, there are so many, many people you would like to see as either the a) victim or b) the murderer who will be nailed for the crime. So many choices...
In the end, it did remind me somewhat of Agatha Christie at the top of her game. You can't say fairer than that, can you? Guilty pleasures are often the most fun!
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