MYSTERY

The Safari

Atria/Emily Bestler. May 2025. 320p. ISBN 9781668066959. $28.99. M
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Odelia Babel gathers her family and closest friend/assistant together at Leopard Sands, the luxurious South African safari resort built by her late husband. They’re coming together to celebrate Odelia’s upcoming wedding to her new boyfriend (some might say boy toy), Asher Bach, who is 30 years Odelia’s junior. However, before the ceremony is held, Odelia is found murdered, and everyone in the wedding party seems to have a strong motive for wanting her dead. With each chapter, Goldis neatly shifts between different characters’ viewpoints, creating a closed circle of suspects that could give the greedy, self-centered cast of Succession a run for their money. Marry this with a vividly evoked South African setting and a luxe resort right out of White Lotus, and you have the perfect literary treat for readers who like matching wits with an author while doing a bit of armchair traveling.
VERDICT After dazzling readers with 2024’s The Main Character, Goldis once again deftly tips her literary cap to the Queen of Crime, Agatha Christie, in another cleverly constructed puzzler that brings all the delights of classic Golden Age mysteries into the 21st century.
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