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A Death at the Party
by Amy Stuart
"It's okay. I understand. You held on to a secret for so long that it stated to feel like the truth."
A dazzling and dark 'locked room' murder mystery full of misdirection and secret set against an unsuspecting backdrop of glamour and laughter.
We are immediately thrown into the moment it all changes, standing over a body - and then are forced to begin the day again, anxiously waiting for the hours to fall away until we come full circle. Stuart sets the scene spectacularly - affluence, domesticity, opulence, bliss; the perfect place for a murder but the last place you'd hear about one.
Nadie was curious - powerful and privileged but clearly not always so. She's struggled and still does despite her polished life now. On the surface she looks like the stereotype of the bored rich housewife, but her character develops page by page. It's clear she isn't the hero or the villain in this story, her role is to be discovered along with her secrets.
The story moves slowly, steadily through scenes of domestic life and drama until it reaches its fever pitch. It's twisty, blurry and intense, layering lies and half-truths to create a sense of mystery and anticipation. Stuart made a blindingly anxious murder mystery but one that packs hard-hitting punches about the unpaid labour women do, and the disgusting truths about the treatment and objectification we receive even as girls.
A searing and compulsive mystery with deliciously dark twists.
A dazzling and dark 'locked room' murder mystery full of misdirection and secret set against an unsuspecting backdrop of glamour and laughter.
We are immediately thrown into the moment it all changes, standing over a body - and then are forced to begin the day again, anxiously waiting for the hours to fall away until we come full circle. Stuart sets the scene spectacularly - affluence, domesticity, opulence, bliss; the perfect place for a murder but the last place you'd hear about one.
Nadie was curious - powerful and privileged but clearly not always so. She's struggled and still does despite her polished life now. On the surface she looks like the stereotype of the bored rich housewife, but her character develops page by page. It's clear she isn't the hero or the villain in this story, her role is to be discovered along with her secrets.
The story moves slowly, steadily through scenes of domestic life and drama until it reaches its fever pitch. It's twisty, blurry and intense, layering lies and half-truths to create a sense of mystery and anticipation. Stuart made a blindingly anxious murder mystery but one that packs hard-hitting punches about the unpaid labour women do, and the disgusting truths about the treatment and objectification we receive even as girls.
A searing and compulsive mystery with deliciously dark twists.