All Dressed Up, Jilly Gagnon
All Dressed Up, Jilly Gagnon
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All Dressed Up

Author: Jilly Gagnon

Narrator: Christine Lakin, David DeSantos

Unabridged: 10 hr 39 min

Format: Digital Audiobook Download

Published: 09/06/2022


Synopsis

A remote hotel. A murder mystery. A missing woman. Everyone has a role to play, but what’s real and what’s part of the game?

“Jilly Gagnon’s well-crafted maze of clues and shifting realities is the perfect read for fans of Lucy Foley.”—Wendy Walker, bestselling author of All Is Not Forgotten

The weekend getaway at a gorgeous hotel should have been perfect. But Becca is smarting from her husband Blake’s betrayal and knows that the trip is just an expensive apology attempt. Still, the drinks are strong, and the weekend has an elaborate 1920s murder mystery theme. She decides to get into the spirit and enjoy their stay. 

Before long, the game is afoot: Famed speakeasy songstress Ida Crooner is found “murdered,” and it’s up to the guests to sniff out the culprit. Playing the role of Miss Debbie Taunte, an ingenue with a dark past, Becca dives into the world of pun-heavy clues, hammy acting, and secret passages, hoping to take her mind off her marital troubles.

Then, the morning after they arrive, the actress playing Ida’s maid fails to reappear for her role. Everyone assumes she flaked out on the job, but when snooping for clues as “Debbie,” Becca finds evidence that the young woman may not have left of her own free will.

Told over a nail-biting forty-eight hours and interspersed with in-game clues, set pieces, and character histories from the flapper-filled mystery nested inside a modern one, All Dressed Up is a loving tribute to classic whodunits and a riveting exploration of the secrets we keep.

About Jilly Gagnon

Jilly Gagnon is currently based in Chicago, but is originally from Minnesota, a fact she’ll likely inform you of within minutes of meeting you. When she’s not writing, she’s probably either deep in a video-game rabbit hole, talking to her cats like they understand her, or practicing her violin, which for some inexplicable reason (masochism) she took up recently. Jilly’s short humor, personal essays, and op-eds have appeared in all kinds of places that it’s too tedious to list. She also writes the adult comedy book series Choose Your Own Misery, coauthored with Mike MacDonald. Visit Jilly at www.jillygagnon.com.


Reviews

Goodreads review by Holly on July 23, 2022

2.5 STARS Murder mystery themed weekend at a remote gothic mansion? Sign me up (to read it that is)! BUT wait, I didn't know I was going to have to be in Becca's head for so long. She is an emotional wreck. She doesn't trust her hubby Blake, since his betrayal. She can't get over it and suspects he is......more

Goodreads review by Nilufer on September 10, 2022

All right, firstly I’m focusing on the reasons that make me get my hands into this book asap! - A marvelous estate with 1920’s murder theme that gives you opportunity to dress and act like characters from Great Gatsby for three days! - The murder game idea and detailed instructions that left on guest......more

Goodreads review by Heather Adores Books on December 16, 2022

3.5⭐ rounded up Featuring ~ single 1st person POV with game host commentary (? if that's what you'd call it?), infidelity references, murder mystery Blake has whisked Becca away for a murder mystery themed weekend. He's hoping to get back in her good graces due to feeling guilty for cheating on her. W......more

Goodreads review by Nicole on September 05, 2022

I was really excited to read this but it turned out to be different from what I thought it was going to be. I thought it would be like a thrilling whodunit. It turned out to be more of a cozy mystery which I am not a fan of. The characters were full of drama that I feel didn’t do anything more than......more

Jilly Gagnon's book All Dressed Up was one of my most anticipated reads of the year. The cover is vibrant red and mysterious. My interest was piqued by the blurb of a 1920's estate featuring a murder mystery weekend getaway. When it comes to a gorgeous atmospheric setting with a game of Clue as the......more


Quotes

“Classic Agatha Christie goes meta in this wish-we’d-thought-of-it premise: a real whodunnit set against the backdrop of a 1920s-themed murder mystery weekend. Think Knives Out all dolled up as The Great Gatsby. This is a super-fun pastiche with a wicked smart plot peppered with clever clues and compelling characters.”—Ellery Lloyd, New York Times bestselling author of The Club

“When a couple attend a 1920s themed murder mystery weekend to save their marriage, they find themselves in a real-life whodunnit after one of the actors disappears. Jilly Gagnon’s well-crafted maze of clues and shifting realities is the perfect read for fans of Lucy Foley. All Dressed Up is mind-bending fun!”—Wendy Walker, bestselling author of All Is Not Forgotten

“Gagnon invites readers inside one seriously wicked little game with this utterly satisfying mystery. I didn’t stop second-guessing myself until the very last page.”—Kieran Scott, author of Wish You Were Gone

“With a deliciously creepy setting and juicy interpersonal intrigue, deftly weaves the search for a missing woman with a nuanced exploration of a marriage on the brink.”—Sarah Zachrich Jeng, author of The Other Me

Clue meets Shari Lapena’s An Unwanted Guest. . . . I felt as if I was in the middle of a murder-mystery game and playing along with the characters. Such a fun read!”—Georgina Cross, author of Nanny Needed