Alex Michaelides's THE FURY

Many thanks to Celadon Books for the ARC of Alex Michaelides's The Fury, which will be out on January 16.

The book begins with a murder on an isolated island in Greece, a story told by a screenwriter named Elliot Chase, and a group of people bound by the most tenuous of threads—their allegiance to ex-movie star Lana Farrar.

Chase peels back his story in layers, gradually revealing its origins in an unplanned meeting with Lana at a party, delving into her childhood and the ways it reflected his own, and circling around the answers to the questions about the murder: who is the victim? who is the murderer?

This was a fast read for me, and while it didn't bring about the same shock I felt during the twists and turns of The Silent Patient, it was still a compelling enough read.

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