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The Guest List is a 2020 mystery novel by British author Lucy Foley. The story takes place at the wedding of Jules Keegan and Will Slater, which is being held on an island off the coast of Ireland. The plot has been compared to the works of Agatha Christie, as a murder occurs with limited suspects and each guest has a secret which will be revealed.
The Guest List is a thriller novel published June 2, 2020 by William Morrow.The book is a New York Times [1] and Washington Post best-seller. [3]The Guest List received a starred review from Library Journal, [4] as well as positive reviews from Booklist, [5] The New York Times Book Review, [1] Good Housekeeping, [6] Marie Claire, [7] The Washington Post, [8] Buzzfeed, [9] Harper's Bazaar, [10 ...
"The Guest" (French: L'Hôte) is a short story by the French writer Albert Camus. It was first published in 1957 as part of a collection entitled Exile and the Kingdom ( L'exil et le royaume ). The French title "L'Hôte" translates into both "the guest" and "the host" which ties back to the relationship between the main characters of the story.
"The Ambitious Guest" was inspired by a real-life incident at the Willey House in New Hampshire in 1826. The basis of the story is the Willey tragedy of Crawford Notch, New Hampshire. [1] On August 28, 1826, a family living in the Notch of the White Mountains was killed by an avalanche as they rushed from their home attempting to seek safety.
It depicts the summary execution of two British Army hostages by the Irish Republican Army (IRA) during the Irish War of Independence. The story is split into four sections, with each section being written using a different stylistic tone; it begins by depicting the friendship between the British hostages and their IRA captors, until they are ...
"Dracula's Guest" is a short story by Bram Stoker, first published in the short story collection Dracula's Guest and Other Weird Stories (1914). It is believed to have been intended as the first chapter for Stoker's 1897 novel Dracula , but was deleted prior to publication as the original publishers felt it was superfluous to the story.
The King grants it, and allows him to stay as a guest in the palace. Next, Don Juan and Catalinón arrive and talk to the Marquis de la Mota, who is a womanizer nearly as bad as Don Juan. The Marquis confesses, however, that he is actually in love with his cousin Doña Ana, but laments that she is arranged to marry someone else.
The commander at Fort Zinderneuf (after the death of two more senior officers) is the sadistic Sergeant Major Lejaune, who drives his abused subordinates to the verge of mutiny. An attack by Tuaregs prevents mutiny and mass desertion (only the Geste brothers and a few loyalists are against the plot). Throughout the book, Beau's behaviour is ...