The Invite

By: A J McDine

Narrated by: Deirdra Whelan, Helen Phillips, Andy Cresswell

It was an invite to die for…

When the anonymous invite arrived, we knew exactly who it was from.

Elle Romero, the beautiful, charismatic Texan who burst into our lives when we were teenagers.

We'd gone our separate ways and lost touch. Until now.

Elle, the legendary prankster, is back.

She's invited us all—me, Claire, Lizzie and Megan—to a swanky country house for a reunion.

We arrive excited for a weekend of reminiscing and reconnecting. A chance to step out of our uneventful lives for a while.

But when Elle fails to show up at her own party, we begin to wonder if she's up to her old tricks.

And when a body turns up in the cellar, it seems this time the joke might just be on us…

The Invite is the twisty, addictive new thriller by A J McDine, author of No One I Knew.

©2022 A J McDine (P)2022 W. F. Howes Ltd

Story just stops

The story has a lot of potential but it just stops leaving a huge unfinished piece. There doesn’t appear to be a sequel and most of the story is wrapped up. Not up to this author’s normal standard of excellence.

Enjoyed

This is the first book Ive read by this author. I really enjoyed it. The ending was absolutely brilliant and I hope it means there is a sequel.

An ending you see coming…

If you’ve read a thriller mystery before, you know “the big twist” pretty early on. McDine’s books tend to be easy to figure out. But it was still an interesting book and an easy read.

Relationships and old friendships

I enjoyed the development of the characters and their old friendship carried through the story. The excitement of a "girls weekend" turned into doubt, tension and terror. I did not love the ending of, but did enjoy the story greatly.

New Favorite Author...Enjoyed!

This might be a new favorite author! Enjoyed this listen! Fun and Fast Listen! Enjoyed it!

suspense

Totally hooked from the very beginning. I need to know what the brother intent is?

Fantastic

This author is completely new to me so I was very skeptical going in.
But the summary truly peaked my curiosity and seemed like it might be exactly the kind of book I love.
I’m delighted to say this is a well crafted story filled with throughly developed characters and a super creepy setting.
I’ve read all of these “isolated place/girl’s weekend/the call is coming from inside the house” kind of books but this one truly freaked me out, spooked me.
I loved it.
The narration is exceptional, the characters are relatable, and premise is absolutely terrifying.
Certainly a book I will revisit, it’s that good.

Interesting characters They all had realistic personal lives. It made the characters easy to follow and know who is who

The dialogue between characters seemed more real and not so fake like many books
They talked about every day normal personal type things
I like the twist towards the end

Loved it

Really good story. I must admit I had a hard time keeping up with which lady was which personality, but that's just what happens sometimes with trying to remember 5 new person's back stories quickly. Very enjoyable listen.

Not even scary

Unbelievably predictable. Storyline has been used way too often. Character development was also “meh”. Kind of a waste of my listening time