All Odelia Babel wanted was to celebrate her upcoming wedding with her family. So what that her fiance Asher Bach is twenty-five years younger than she is and is also an employee of the company she owns. They appear to be madly in love with each other and no matter what her children think this union is going to happen. The setting is at a luxurious safari resort in South Africa and as we find out early in the story animals aren't the only prey.
THE SAFARI, by Jaclyn Goldis, is a story about a dysfunctional family on steroids. Each member of the family, except for an infant, has secrets that include their provenances. No one is who they appear to be and their relationships to one another are filled with suspicion, jealousy and mistrust. And, this only scratches the surface of who they really are.
Tension-filled and cleverly crafted, the story moves quickly. The setting is perfect for the dark narrative and the author brings the exotic locale to life. While the cast of characters is not an endearing group their actions and motives hold our attention. Even as the story comes to its end, they will continue to mystify us.
THE SAFARI is an intriguing and imaginative story. Highly recommended.
When a wealthy family goes on a South African safari, a series of shocking murders rocks their exclusive compound in this unputdownable thriller from the acclaimed author of the “rollicking good fun” (The Wall Street Journal) The Main Character. Odelia Babel, CEO of a sustainable fashion empire, is about to marry for the second time—to a man twenty-five years her junior. Asher Bach is the thirty-something designer of Odelia’s luxury clothing line, the darling of every high-fashion journalist, and madly in love with Odelia.Eager to celebrate her nuptials with her nearest and dearest, Odelia invites her adult children, her daughter-in-law, her grandchild, and her best friend/assistant to an all-expenses-paid luxury safari at Leopard Sands in South Africa, the Babel family’s favorite vacation spot. In its soil, they have deep roots—and even deeper secrets.It seems like the perfect trip, but not everyone is thrilled for the happy couple. Amid game drives in the bush and bonfires beneath the desert stars, tensions among the family threaten to boil over. And then, the morning after a big fight with her son Sam—and hours before the wedding—Odelia is found murdered. Sam is immediately the prime suspect, but he claims he has an ironclad alibi—he was with his twin sister, Bailey. Only Bailey is nowhere to be found…As the heat roils, desperate poachers and ferocious animals lurk, and dark motives fester, it becomes clear that whoever killed Odelia isn’t quite finished yet, and the rest of the Babel family is their prey.
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