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A review by elizareads666
The Ninth Guest by Tess Little
adventurous
mysterious
slow-paced
- Plot- or character-driven? Plot
- Strong character development? Yes
- Loveable characters? It's complicated
- Diverse cast of characters? It's complicated
- Flaws of characters a main focus? No
3.5
The ninth guest
In this book we follow Elspeth as she get invited to her ex husband Richard's 50th birthday party. She expected a bit party with crowds of people and music blaring, but when she arrives it's only her and seven other carefully selected guests.
It's an uncomfortable evening for her, Richard's being manipulative as always until the moment they all pass out asleep, only to wake up and find Richard dead. They are all now murder suspects.
We follow Elspeth both in the present and the past. In the present we follow her being questioned by the police and her trying to figure out all that happened that evening leading up to his death.
In the past bits we first relive the evening before Richard's death, and then back 10 years to his 40th birthday which is the one which made Elspeth split from him, and then even further back to how they both met.
We find out just what kind of guy Richard truly is.
I would of enjoyed this book a bit more if it did have chapters, as if your a chapter before bed kind of person this book isn't for you.
Also of your looking for a book with a big twist and turn, this is not the book for you, but if you can go into knowing this, then it's a very good read, to discover someone past, and why the guests do want him dead.
In this book we follow Elspeth as she get invited to her ex husband Richard's 50th birthday party. She expected a bit party with crowds of people and music blaring, but when she arrives it's only her and seven other carefully selected guests.
It's an uncomfortable evening for her, Richard's being manipulative as always until the moment they all pass out asleep, only to wake up and find Richard dead. They are all now murder suspects.
We follow Elspeth both in the present and the past. In the present we follow her being questioned by the police and her trying to figure out all that happened that evening leading up to his death.
In the past bits we first relive the evening before Richard's death, and then back 10 years to his 40th birthday which is the one which made Elspeth split from him, and then even further back to how they both met.
We find out just what kind of guy Richard truly is.
I would of enjoyed this book a bit more if it did have chapters, as if your a chapter before bed kind of person this book isn't for you.
Also of your looking for a book with a big twist and turn, this is not the book for you, but if you can go into knowing this, then it's a very good read, to discover someone past, and why the guests do want him dead.