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A hot, twisty summer debut thriller about a Caribbean bachelorette party that takes a sinister turn. It’s Lord of the Flies meets And Then There Were None...but with Instagram and too much prosecco.

The party of a lifetime is nothing like what they expected...

Annabel, Esther, Tanya, and Chloe are…

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1 author picked She Started It as one of their favorite books. Why do they recommend it?

This book surprised me in a good way. Sian Gilbert is a debut author, and I loved the premise - a “locked room” mystery but on a swanky Caribbean Island with really diabolical and nasty characters at a bachelorette party who start getting picked off one by one.

I loved this because I love a good revenge thriller - and this one took many different twists and turns that kept unfolding as the book went on. Although the major twist isn’t the most shocking I’ve read, I still loved it and thought it was really well done.

I don’t want…

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