The Fury by Alex Michaelides

The Fury is an unique and compelling novel on several levels. Foremost, it is a murder mystery and, like good murder mysteries, it starts with a dead body. Although through half of the story, you remain guessing who the victim is.

Another unique aspect of the book is that one character, Elliot Chase, is conveying the story to you as though you and he are at a bar and he has an entertaining story to tell. You are sizing up Elliot as much as the others, since he is revealing things about the story and himself that make you question what has really happened.

Elliot, a playwright, presents the story to you in five acts. The action takes place on a private Greek island during a tense vacation. Elliot is a friend of the host, retired movie star Lana Farrar. Lana invites her closest friends and family, her husband Jason, her son Leo, her best friend Kate Crosby, her housekeeper Agathi, and Elliot to the island, a luxurious gift from Lana’s first husband. The gathering is meant to be intimate, but secrets, betrayals, and unresolved animosity simmer beneath the social façade.

So, as you can see, there is a small circle of suspects who could have done the ghastly deed. However, the conventional “whodunit” premise is twisted: Elliot, the unreliable narrator, guides the reader through ever-shifting layers of truth and perspective.

I guarantee you; no one will not see the end coming.

Highly Recommended

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