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The Club by Ellery Lloyd
4.0

A solid thriller featuring the rich behaving badly on a secluded island, what's not to like?

In all seriousness, I enjoyed this book. From the beginning, you know that someone's going to die. But the suspense was well-built and it really did feel like a whodunnit at times. Told from 5 perspectives - that of a housekeeper, a PA, a socialite, the estranged brother, and a newspaper feature of the aftermath - the tension continues to crescendo. While I figured out some of the twists, there were still surprises throughout and I was satisfied with the ending. Sometimes though it was difficult to care about certain characters, as they're just getting their just desserts, but I liked it overall. Large trigger warnings for death, violence, drugs, car accidents, and alcohol abuse though, just to name a few.

*Thank you to Harper and NetGalley for the ARC in exchange for my honest review*