Feast: the perfect staycation summer read

A buried Cornish hotel invites us to solve the puzzle as detectives in this summer holiday vintage crime classic. Perfect for fans of Celia Fremlin, Agatha Christie, or Richard Osman.

Format: Paperback / softback
Length: 448 pages
Publication date: 03 June 2021
Publisher: Faber & Faber

This summer holiday vintage crime classic, exploring the mystery of a buried Cornish hotel, invites us to solve the puzzle as detectives: perfect for fans of Celia Fremlin's Uncle Paul, Agatha Christie, or Richard Osman.

Cornwall, midsummer 1947. Pendizack Manor Hotel is buried in the rubble of a collapsed cliff. Seven guests have perished, but is it murder, and what brought this strange assembly together for a moonlit feast before this Act of God or Man? Over the week before the landslide, we meet the hotel guests in all their eccentric glory: and as friendships form and romances blossom, sins are revealed, and the cliff cracks widen.

Reader Reviews:

One of the best books I have ever read. Viva Ms. Kennedy, you were truly marvellous!

The best book I've ever read. Yes, I know that's a big statement! Kennedy is quickly becoming my all-time favorite author. A first-rate literary genius.

This is bar none, one of the best books I have ever read.

Offers us the chance to solve a very unusual kind of mystery. An unexpectedly engaging literary game.

A magnificent rediscovery. Kennedy's masterpiece is a searing and unflinching look at postwar England. Elegantly and tartly written, this smart and haunting nove.

Weight: 364g
Dimension: 132 x 197 x 35 (mm)
ISBN-13: 9780571367795
Edition number: Main