Люси Фоли - The Guest List

We’ll have to face everything once we’re home, of course. We’ll have to see, when we return to reality, whether we can mend what has been ruptured by this weekend. So much has been broken.

And yet one thing has emerged, complete, from that wreckage. A missing part of the puzzle has been found. I wouldn’t call it closure, because that wound will never fully heal. I am angry that I never got my chance to confront him. But I got my answer to the question I have been asking ever since Alice died. And in killing him, you could say that Will’s murderer avenged my sister too. I am only rather sorry I didn’t get the chance to plunge the knife in myself.

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In a remote hunting lodge, deep in the Scottish wilderness, old friends gather.

The beautiful one

The golden couple

The volatile one

The new parents

The quiet one

The city boy

The outsider

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Not an accident – a murder among friends.

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Acknowledgements

To my editor, Kim Young, and to Charlotte Brabbin: this book has been such a collaborative effort that I definitely feel your names should be on the front of it too. Thank you for always pushing me to deliver the best book I can and for your unfailing faith in me and my writing from the beginning, across several books and across genres. It is such a rare and special thing.

To my agent extraordinaire, Cath Summerhayes: what a journey we’ve been on together so far! Thank you for being the hardest-working person I know (along with the names above!) and for championing me and my books at every opportunity. Thank you, too, for being such fun.

To Kate Elton and Charlie Redmayne: thank you for your ongoing support and for your belief in me and my writing.

To Luke Speed: fantastic film agent and the loveliest man. Thank you for your vision and wisdom.

To Jen Harlow: the loveliest, bubbliest, most passionate publicist an author could hope for. Thank you for all your hard work and ingenuity and for being such a great travel buddy!

To Abbie Salter: thank you for your marketing wizardry – I am continuously astonished by your creativity and innovation and can’t wait to watch the magic you continue to work for The Guest List .

To Izzy Coburn: I love that we get to work together! Two Slindon girls done good. Thank you for being so utterly brilliant.

To Patricia McVeigh: Thank you for cheerleading for my books so passionately in Ireland and here’s to more adventures on the Emerald Isle together!

To Claire Ward: I am in awe of your ability to distil the entire essence of the book into your cover design, with such stunning simplicity. You are a true visionary.

To Fionnuala Barrett: thank you for knowing exactly how all the voices in The Guest List would sound, better than I do myself! And thank you to you and your family for checking my Irish!

To the dream team at HarperCollins: Roger Cazalet, Grace Dent, Alice Gomer, Damon Greeney, Charlotte Cross, Laura Daley and Cliff Webb.

To Katie McGowan and Callum Mollison: thank you for finding my books homes around the world!

To Sheila Crowley: thank you so much for your support. You are amazing.

To Silé Edwards and Anna Weguelin: thank you for all your hard work and corralling of this sometimes less-than-perfectly organised author!

To Waterstones and to Waterstones booksellers for your passion, hand-selling and creation of stunning displays in-store. Particular mention to Angie Crawford, Scottish Buying Manager and the most lovely person to tour Scotland with – I am so grateful for your generosity with your time and your ongoing support.

To all the indie bookshops who have hosted events and have hand-sold my book and who have such love of the written word and create such exciting, welcoming spaces in which to discover it.

To Ryan Tubridy, for finding the time to read The Guest List and for saying such kind things about it.

To all the readers who have read the book and told me they’ve enjoyed it – whether you’ve discovered it via Netgalley, received a proof in the post, or bought it in a bookshop. I love hearing from you – I can’t tell you how much joy your messages bring.

To my parents, for your pride and love. For looking after me so well when I have needed it. And for always encouraging me to do what I love best, right from the beginning.

To Kate and Max, Robbie and Charlotte: thank you for making life such fun and for all your encouragement.

To Liz, Pete, Dom, Jen, Anna, Eve, Seb and Dan: thank you for all your love and support, for spreading the word and sharing in the excitement and for the hand-drawn cards!

To the Irish and English cousins, Foleys and Allens, with particular mention (in no particular order) to Wendy, Big O, Will, Oliver, Lizzy, Freddy, George, Martin, Jackie, Jess, Mike, Charlie, Tinky, Howard, Jane, Inez, Isabel, Paul, Ina, Liam, Phillip, Jennifer, Charles, Aileen and Eavan.

Last, but definitely not least … to Al: always my first reader. Thank you for everything you do – your constant support and encouragement, your willingness to spend an entire six-hour car journey thrashing out a new book idea, for rescuing me from the despairing depths of a plot hole, for spending your whole weekend reading through my first draft. This book would not have been finished without you.

About the Author

Lucy Foley is the No.1 Sunday Times and the Irish Times bestselling author of The Hunting Party . The idea for her latest book was sparked by a trip to Connemara, where half of Lucy’s family hail from, on the west coast of Ireland. Struck by the rugged beauty of the islands off its shores – the perfect setting for a wedding, yet dangerously cut-off – Lucy began to plot a new murder mystery. An island with no escape, friends and family reuniting, emotions running high. And so The Guest List came to life.

Previously a fiction editor in the publishing industry, Lucy now writes full time. Her novels have been translated into nineteen languages and her journalism has appeared in publications such as Sunday Times Style , Grazia , ES Magazine , Vogue US, Elle , Tatler and Marie Claire .

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