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Alex Michaelides hits the trifecta with his third novel <i>The Fury</i>. The <b>highly original</b> story structure presents the reader with <b>the king of all unreliable narrators enough twists and turns to power two novels</b> and a host of characters that bleed right on the page. <b>For fans of erudite locked room mysteries told with style and theatrical panache</b> <i>The Fury</i> will deliver on all counts <b>You'll think you know where it's going and you couldn't be more wrong</b> This is <b>a masterclass in suspense</b>. A unique and captivating narrator takes you on a journey filled with twists and finely drawn characters you will treasure.<b> This is probably his best book. Not to be missed</b> <i>The Fury</i> by Alex Michaelides is<b> a proper grown-up thriller that exudes class from every page</b>. So much more than a murder mystery <b>every twist and turn is simultaneously a total surprise and completely inevitable</b>. The writing is perfectly sparse yet cloaks a narrative of rare complexity. So many contradictions yet all unite in a devastating whole. <i>The Fury</i> is <b>a very special book</b> and highly recommended <b>Audacious twisty compelling and full of the joyous verve that one only finds in the very best storytelling this is the best novel yet from Alex Michaelides</b> <b>Mesmerising - a beguiling labyrinth of twists and surprises even better than <i>The Silent Patient</i></b>. <i>The Fury</i> is <i>The Magus</i> meets <i>The Secret History</i> on a Greek island paradise where nothing is as it seems and Alex Michaelides is<b> a master magician skilfully misdirecting the reader at every turn</b> <b>A classic twisting brilliant murder mystery</b>. A wonderfully drawn cast of characters with a motive to kill for in a location to die for keep you guessing until the shocking finale. <b>Clever and fiendishly fun</b> A very sophisticated book which <b>takes the format of a classic murder mystery and elevates it to something very devious and clever indeed</b>. The narrator is fabulous - <b>I was throughly gripped</b> by his voice and it seems to have been <b>written with great glee</b>. There's such a tremendous complicity to it even though the reader has no idea how much of what he's telling is true even down to the final pages. The way it reveals itself through the layers of the narrative is <b>very well done indeed</b>. <i>The Fury</i> like its beguiling narrator is <b>endlessly evolving wildly entertaining and like the very best fiction impossible to pin down</b>. Just when you think you have it cornered it moves impossibly and with stunning flourish toward a devastating finale. <b><i>The Talented Mr. Ripley</i> for our time</b> <b>Alex Michaelides is the grand master of the modern mystery</b>.<i> The Fury </i>reads like Hitchcock with a heart or Agatha Christie running amok on a wind-whipped Greek island. A tale of old friends and buried emotions ready to explode all set on in an idyllic island rendered so perfectly you can smell the jasmine the ouzo and the Aegean Sea.<b> </b><b><i>The Fury</i> will quite literally blow you away. Totally brilliant.</b> Praise for Alex Michaelides A deliciously dark elegant utterly compulsive read - with a twist that blew my mind I read it in two nights and savoured every luscious word every grim encounter every startling twist The perfect thriller. I quite literally couldn't put it down One of the best psychological thrillers I have ever read... one of the most shocking mind-blowing twists in recent memory Absolutely brilliant . . . I read it in a state of intense breathless excitement <p><b>Totally original and utterly compelling with a voice all of its own this is the outstanding new thriller from the no.1 internationally bestselling author of <i>The Silent Patient</i> Alex Michaelides.</b><br><br><b>The king of all unreliable narrators [with] enough twists and turns to power two novels</b> DAVID BALDACCI<b>A proper grown-up thriller that exudes class from every page</b>... <b>A very special book</b> JANICE HALLETT<b>A classic twisting brilliant murder mystery</b>. <b>Clever and fiendishly fun</b> CHRIS WHITAKER<br><b>*****</b><br><br><b>'There were seven of us in all trapped on the island.</b><b>One of us was a murderer . . .'</b><br>On a small private Greek island former movie star Lana Farrar - an old friend - invites a select group of us to stay.<br>It'll be hot sunny perfect. A chance to relax and reconnect - and maybe for a few hidden truths to come out.<br>Because nothing on this island is quite what it seems.<br>Not Lana. Not her guests.<br>Certainly not the murderer - furiously plotting their crime . . .<br>But who am I? <br><b>My name is Elliot Chase and I'm going to tell you a story unlike any you've ever heard.</b><br><br><b>PRAISE FOR ALEX MICHAELIDES</b><br><br>'A deliciously dark elegant utterly compulsive read - with a twist that blew my mind' <b>Lucy Foley</b><br>'I read it in two nights and savoured every luscious word every grim encounter every startling twist' <b>David Baldacci</b><br>'The perfect thriller. I quite literally couldn't put it down' <b>A. J. Finn</b><br>'One of the best psychological thrillers I have ever read... one of the most shocking mind-blowing twists in recent memory' <b>Blake Crouch</b><br>'Absolutely brilliant . . . I read it in a state of intense breathless excitement' <b>Stephen Fry</b></p> <p><b>Alex Michaelides </b>was born in Cyprus to an English mother and a Greek-Cypriot father. He has an M.A. in English from Trinity College Cambridge University and an M.A. in Screenwriting from the American Film Institute in Los Angeles. <br><br><i>The Silent Patient </i>his first novel was a <i>Sunday Times </i>bestseller and debuted at no. 1 on the <i>New York Times</i> bestseller list and has sold more than 6.5 million copies worldwide. The rights have been sold in a record-breaking 50 countries and it has been optioned for film by Plan B. His second novel <i>The Maidens</i> was an instant <i>Sunday Times </i>and <i>New York Times</i> bestseller and has been optioned for television by Miramax Television and Stone Village.</p>