A Death at the Party: A Novel
| Category: | Book |
| By (author): | Stuart, Amy |
| Subject: | FICTION / Contemporary Women |
| FICTION / General | |
| FICTION / Mystery & Detective / General | |
| FICTION / Thrillers / Suspense | |
| Publisher: | Simon & Schuster |
| Published: | March 2023 |
| Format: | Book-paperback |
| Pages: | 304 |
| Size: | 9.00in x 6.00in |
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| From The Publisher* | In this tense, spellbinding thriller set over the course of a single day, a woman prepares for a party that goes dreadfully wrong-for fans of Ashley Audrain and Lisa Jewell. Nadine Walsh's summer garden party is in full swing. The neighbors all have cocktails, the catered food is exquisite-everything's going according to plan. But Nadine-devoted wife, loving mother, and doting daughter-finds herself standing over a dead body in her basement while her guests clink glasses upstairs. What happened? How did it come to this? Rewind to that morning, when we find Nadine in her kitchen, making her last-minute preparations before she welcomes over a hundred guests to her home to celebrate her mother's birthday. But her husband is of little help to her; her two grown children are consumed with their own concerns; and her mother-only her mother knows that today isn't just a birthday party. It marks another anniversary as well. Still, Nadine will focus only on tonight. Everyone deserves a celebration after the year they've had. A chance for fun. A chance to forget. But it's hard to forget when Nadine's head is swirling with secrets, haunting memories, and concerns about what might happen when her guests unite. |
| Review Quote* | "A terrific family drama. I adored it-absolutely compulsive reading as all the family skeletons are clamouring to get out of the cupboard. I inhaled this book over twenty-four hours." - LIZ NUGENT, international bestselling author of Strange Sally Diamond and Little Cruelties |
| Review Quote* | "A superb masterpiece. A Death at the Party brilliantly unfolds over the course of a single day, featuring a deliciously imperfect protagonist untwining her past as she prepares for the party of her life. Stuart's crisp writing and tightly paced plot made me hold my breath from the first line to the last. . . This is an absolutely stand-out book by a phenomenal talent." - SAMANTHA M. BAILEY, #1 bestselling author of Watch Out for Her and Woman on the Edge |
| Review Quote* | "What a mad delight this book is-so seductive and twisted. Highly recommended!" - SHARI LAPENA, New York Times bestselling author of Not a Happy Family |
| Review Quote* | "Ominous and intimate . . . the rare kind of read that's a mood in itself, with tension that dances just perfectly until the end. Immersive and so sharply observed, Amy Stuart delivers a gorgeous literary thriller to devour." - ASHLEY AUDRAIN, New York Times bestselling author of The Push |
| Review Quote* | "For fans of Gillian Flynn and Ashley Audrain, A Death at the Party is razor-sharp and salaciously riveting. A jigsaw puzzle of a story that will hook you instantly and reward you with a shattering, satisfying conclusion." - MARISSA STAPLEY, New York Times bestselling author of Lucky |
| Review Quote* | "Not only did I read this book in a single day, I read it in a single sitting. . . . Stuart cleverly turns the classic whodunit on its head; in this case we know who the murderer is-the victim's identity is the question mark. . . . A chilling exploration of how we cope with the things we've done, as well as those that have been done to us." - STEPHANIE WROBEL, internationally bestselling author of Darling Rose Gold |
| Review Quote* | "Tense and twisting, with a sophistication that belies its darkness, A Death at the Party is much like the hostess of the titular party at its core: elegant and beautiful but hiding so many secrets. Prepare to be captivated by this masterful and shocking collision of past and present and the lies that can no longer stay buried." - LAURIE ELIZABETH FLYNN, bestselling author of The Girls Are All So Nice Here |
| Biographical Note | Amy Stuart is the #1 bestselling author of three novels, Still Mine, Still Water, and Still Here. Shortlisted for the Arthur Ellis Best First Novel Award and winner of the 2011 Writers' Union of Canada Short Prose Competition, Amy is the founder of Writerscape, an online community for hopeful and emerging writers. Amy lives in Toronto with her husband and their three sons. Connect with her on her website AmyStuart.ca and on Twitter @AmyFStuart. |