The Plus One

A Novel

De: S.C. Lalli

Narrado por: Soneela Nankani

White Lotus meets The Guest List in international bestselling author S. C. Lalli’s next thrilling novel, where two business moguls were set to be married in the biggest event of the year—until they’re both found murdered the day before the wedding—and a social outsider must unravel the mystery before her own hidden agenda is revealed.

The wedding of Radhika Singh and Raj Joshi, a weeklong affair at a luxury resort in Cabo, isn’t just going to be the event of the season—it will also mark the union of two highly influential and wealthy Indian-American families. No expense will be spared for what Radhika and Raj have coined “R&R,” a week of rest, relaxation, and celebrating their love.

Shaylee “Shay” Kapoor is just an outsider, but she just so happens to be dating Raj’s best friend, Caleb Prescott III, and is sucked into this world of wealth and excess. But on the morning the wedding festivities are supposed to begin, the resort’s wedding coordinator Daniela makes a frightening discovery: Raj and Radhika are dead, gunshots to the head.

Chaos descends on the hotel as the guests are turned away or sent home. Shay stays by Caleb’s side as the investigation starts to unfold, family and close friends grieve, and accusations run wild. The police believe the murders are a drug cartel hit.

But even if it was a cartel hit, even if the murderer somehow got past the resort’s security, the hotel room doors have state-of-the-art locks. There was no way for the murderer to slip into the room without a key. And only the sister of the bride, Zara; the best men, Caleb and Sean; and the wedding coordinator, Daniela, have keys.

Shay may be an outsider—and she definitely has secrets of her own—but she may be the only person with enough perspective to untangle everyone’s lies, and discover why anyone would want the bride and groom dead. . .

©2024 S.C. Lalli (P)2024 HarperCollins Publishers

Wow that was so good!

One massive twist after another with incredible writing and really good character development. At first I wanted more from the characters, depth, moral compass (if there was any), just more. Then as the story starts to reveal it’s many many secrets it’s easy to understand why the characters true identities are only then disclosed. The book is a great mystery throwing so many into the who could be the murderer role. The ending is tense and ominous but ultimately answers all the looming questions as to why the bride and groom were murdered. Definitely enjoyed listening to this book!

The narrator was excellent portraying the voices for the characters and added to the author’s incredible writing!!

Good but felt a little mislead

So the writing and story are well put together. However I was a little let down by the intro. It’s not much of a spoiler cuz it’s in the synopsis but the murder happens immediately.

I was kinda looking forward to meeting the suspects first and observing the wedding drama. But no the murder happens first thing and then the suspects are introduced.

Also not entirely sure why the characters were Indian and such a big deal was made about it being a big Indian wedding. I’m not very familiar with them and was looking forward to seeing all the wedding traditions. There are no wedding type scenes. It wasn’t really apart of the plot. It takes place in South America and has the Cartel involved. It would have made more sense if the family was just a very rich south American family. That would make the cartel plot less random.

Despite these criticisms, the plot is solid and the story good. I just felt a little misled by the tittle and synopsis. It’s still a good story just don’t go in expecting a wedding or Bollywood murder mystery.