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The Launch Party
The Launch Party: The ultimate locked room mystery set in the first hotel on the moon | Lauren Forry
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Agatha Christie meets Andy Weir in the ultimate locked room mystery set in the first hotel on the moon. Perfect for fans of Lucy Foley, Anthony Horowitz and Hanna Jameson. FEATURED IN THE EVENING STANDARD'S BOOKS TO WATCH IN 2023 'The moon makes for a spectacular setting in this highly entertaining Agatha Christie-style murder mystery' TM LOGAN, author of The Mother and The Holiday 'And Then There Were None meets Black Mirror. Lauren Forry's moon-based murder mystery is heaps of fun. I had a blast!' TOM HINDLE, author of A Fatal Crossing THE TRIP OF A LIFETIME. YOU'D DIE TO BE THERE. Ten lucky people have won a place at the most exclusive launch event of the century: the grand opening of the Hotel Artemis, the first hotel on the moon. It's an invitation to die for. As their transport departs for its return to Earth and the doors seal shut behind them, the guests take the next leap for mankind. However, they soon discover that all is not as it seems. The champagne may be flowing, but there is no one to pour it. Room service is available, but there is no one to deliver it. Besides the ten of them, they are completely alone. When one of the guests is found murdered, fear spreads through the group. But that death is only the beginning. Being three days' journey from home and with no way to contact the outside, can any of the guests survive their stay? 'A truly dastardly, devilish and downright terrific murder mystery that's unputdownable' JONATHAN WHITELAW, author of The Bingo Hall Detectives 'The ultimate locked room mystery - an out-of-this-world And Then There Were None' FIONA LEITCH, author of The Cornish Wedding Murder 'A truly unique take on a locked room murder' SARAH YARWOOD-LOVETT, author of A Murder of Crows 'Get lost in space in this fresh twist on the locked-room mystery. Fast-paced and funny, The Launch Party will take you to the dark side of the moon' JO FURNISS, author of All the Little Children
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OutsmartYourShelf
OutsmartYourShelf
The Launch Party: The ultimate locked room mystery set in the first hotel on the moon | Lauren Forry
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Mehso-so

Ten lucky winners are on their way to the grand opening of the Hotel Artemis, the first hotel on the moon. Two weeks of luxury & pampering awaits, however, the guests soon discover all is not as it seems. It soon becomes clear that they are the only people there, all the staff have mysteriously left. Detective Penelope Strand is sure that something nefarious is about to happen & sure enough, the next morning one of the group is found dead. (cont)

OutsmartYourShelf Is someone else hiding at the hotel or is one of the 9 remaining guests a killer?

I've said before I love the isolated location trope & there's few places more isolated than being stuck on the moon. When I started this one, I thought it was going to be a lunar-themed take on 'And Then There Were None', but there's not enough deaths for that. In fact, to say that this was a group of people isolated in the most extreme of circumstances, 2mo
OutsmartYourShelf there was hardly any jeopardy. There was a lot of back & forth, walking around the hotel & it felt quite slow for a thriller - the final 20% was much better but by then it was a bit too late. The MC (Penelope) was also a bit bland. It was an adequate thriller but I felt it was a little disappointing. 3.25⭐

Full Review: https://www.goodreads.com/review/show/5737610191
Read 12th-14th Jun 2025

#ReadAway2025 @Andrew65 @DieAReader @GHABI4ROSES 2mo
DieAReader 🎉🎉🎉 2mo
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IReadThereforeIBlog
IReadThereforeIBlog
The Launch Party: The ultimate locked room mystery set in the first hotel on the moon | Lauren Forry
Mehso-so

Lauren Forry‘s standalone crime novel is one of those books where the journey is sufficiently fun and entertaining that it isn‘t until you get to the end that you realise how thin the characters are and that there are plot holes. This is not to damn it with faint praise, Forry‘s writing genuinely carried me along and there were enough red herrings to keep me turning the pages so despite the issues, I still look forward to reading her next book.

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julesG
julesG
The Launch Party: The ultimate locked room mystery set in the first hotel on the moon | Lauren Forry
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Panpan

The ultimate locked room mystery. A five star hotel on Moon. Ten lucky winners are the first guests. Strangely there's no staff. And then the murders started.

Unfortunately the author didn't make full use of the setting; there's no evil AI, no low gravity related problems. And how did they ship all the luxury stuff to the Moon?

All characters sounded very similar despite the narrator giving each of them individual voices.

#ARC #NetGalley

julesG Why did the German character have to be a racist? That's so stereotypical. 2y
5feet.of.fury The MOON!!! 🌙 sounds wild 2y
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