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Violence
Some
Moderate; murder mystery with some flashback violence
Language
Barely any
Mild language
Sexual Content
Barely any
Mild adult content in the context of wedding drama
Substance Use
Some
Significant; a drunken wedding weekend is central to the plot
Emotional Intensity
Some
Significant; secrets, resentments, and the psychological complexity of characters who all have something to hide
What this book is about
Lucy Foley's bestselling thriller unfolds over a wedding weekend on a remote Irish island — a glamorous event that becomes a crime scene by the time it's over. Told from multiple perspectives, The Guest List peels back the secrets hidden beneath the perfect surface of a high-society celebration, delivering the kind of propulsive suspense that kept readers up all night and made Foley one of crime fiction's biggest names.
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Murder mystery
Wedding-weekend drinking
Dark secrets
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