The Fury is an Easter weekend murder mystery set on a Greek Island. What better combination is there? This book will keep you on your toes. Alex Michaelides expertly navigates the twists and turns of jumping between past and present and skillfully implores the use of the unreliable narrator. As you read this book, it’s important to remember to trust no one. If you’re the kind of person that can guess the end of mystery movies ten minutes in then this book is definitely for you. The characters in this book—a beloved but reclusive Hollywood actress, her husband, a struggling alcoholic actress, and an author and our narrator, Elliot Chase—are as intricate as they are messed up. The book begins with Elliot Chase convincing the reader that this murder mystery is not a who-done-it, but rather a why-done-it. Right off the bat, I was drawn into this book because Elliot talks directly to the reader and makes it seem as if you are part of the story.  The novel continues with Elliot describing the happenings and what he was doing before the murder. When Elliot eventually does get to the night of the murder, he jumps back to the past and recounts another character’s view of the days leading up to the murder, and it goes on like this, back and forth, for the rest of the book.

I haven’t read them yet, but I’ve been told to read Michaelides’ The Silent Patient multiple times. It seems to have the same unreliable narrator gimmick. For anyone looking to get back into the mystery genre, look no further, because The Fury is THE book to do so.