Book Review: The Fury by Alex Michaelides

By Jeff Ayers

January 16, 2024
From the #1 New York Times bestselling author of The Silent Patient, Alex Michaelides' The Fury is a masterfully paced thriller about a reclusive ex–movie star and her famous friends whose spontaneous trip to a private Greek island is upended by a murder. Read Jeff Ayers' spoiler-free review!

Alex Michaelides delivers a terrific spin on the Agatha Christie classic, And Then There Were None, with a dash of the film Glass Onion in his latest thriller.

Elliot Chase narrates how this eclectic cast of characters ends up on a private Greek island for a weekend of relaxation. The retreat is a tradition for Lana Farrar, the world-famous actress who owns the island, and her invitees are her closest friends. But this year is problematic as the weather causes them to be isolated, and then the claws come out. Each character has a secret or hidden hatred, and all that will be revealed on this visit.

To say any more would rob the reader of a fantastic reading experience and spoil the many surprises. Eliot’s voice has a meandering style of telling the story, and it’s perfect for this thriller. If there has ever been a novel for an audiobook version, The Fury is it. Readers who have enjoyed Michaelides’ previous books will find this one his best yet, and his admiration for Agatha Christie is evident.

 

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Jeff Ayers

Jeff has been a book reviewer for The Associated Press, Library Journal, and Booklist. He co-hosted a podcast for Suspense Magazine and wrote numerous interviews for magazines and newspapers, including Dan Brown, Michael Connelly, and Harlan Coben. Jeff recently retired from his position as a public research librarian. He is currently the Co-Executive Director of Thrillerfest for the International Thriller Writers. His first book, Voyages of Imagination: The Star Trek Fiction Companion was published in October 2006 by Pocket Books, and covers over 550 novels and short stories and has interviews with more than 350 people who wrote or worked behind the scenes on the books. These people included William Shatner and John DeLancie. With Jon Land, he's currently working on a National Park thriller series for Minotaur Books, the first of which, Leave No Trace, publishes in the Spring of 2024.
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