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The House Party - Mary Grand

Blog Tour stop for the Gripping and twisty psychological thriller





"Someone is about to die… Someone is about to lie… "

Synopsis


Someone is about to die… Someone is about to lie…


At the intimate house-warming party for her glorious ‘grand design’, Kathleen confides in her best friend Beth that she is terrified of one of their close friends, but daren’t reveal which one.


The guests are a tight-knit group, but Kathleen is convinced one of them is dangerous.


The next day Kathleen’s body is found at the foot of a cliff and Beth must face the sickening truth that she may have been killed by one of their trusted friends.


With little help from the police, Beth’s decides to seek answers.


All the friends have secrets they are desperate to hide, but only one of them is ready to kill to keep theirs safe…


The House Party is set on the Isle of Wight - insular,claustrophobic, and with nowhere to run. Mary Grand has written a heart-stopping novel of secrets, betrayal and desire, perfect for fans of Louise Candlish and Lucy Foley.


My Review


This is a book that this blog was created for the perfect Psychological thriller!


in it we meet Beth who had not seen her best friend Kathleen for sometime when they finally meet at Kathleen’s new home for a house party.


The guests are their very close friends and everything seems perfect the new home set on the Isle of Wight is beautiful and friends are back together enjoying the evening.


But Beth can tell something is wrong when she has a moment to pull Kathleen aside she does wanting to help her best friend and Kathleen confides to her that she has a secret and she is frightened particular of one of the friends who is there that night, but now is not the time to get into it she refuses to elaborate on what is wrong or even who is the person she is frightened of instead Kathleen promises to tell Beth everything tomorrow after the party when they are alone.


Yet the next morning Kathleen is found dead at the bottom of the cliff, fallen from the garden edge while looking for her pet?, a tragic accident? but is is?


Beth is distraught but knows in her heart there is more to Kathleen's death than is been said, things are not adding up and she knows she owes it to her best friend to find out the truth.


This was a complex and thrilling plot, every character seemed to have there own secrets and i loved the elements of the read where I just did not know who to trust.


I was gripped from the very start not only by the pace of the read but by the lies and the twists and turns that this story is just bursting at the seams with, The perfect Psychological thriller with and ending that packs a punch!



Author Bio


Mary Grand is the author of five novels and writes gripping, page-turning suspense, with a dark and often murderous underside.


She grew up in Wales, was for many years a teacher of deaf children and now lives on the Isle of Wight where her new novel,

The House Party, which will be published by Boldwood in July 2020, is set.


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Blog / website URL: https://marygrand.net/




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Thank you to the Publisher and Author for sending me an Advanced Reader Copy (ARC) of this novel and for the opportunity to review these works.

All reviews are my own unbiased opinion.

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