The Guilt Trip: A Novel

Written by Sandie Jones

Narrated by Clare Corbett

In the vein of the Reese's Book Club x Hello Sunshine Book Club pick The Other Woman, Sandie Jones’s explosive new novel The Guilt Trip will have listeners gripped to the very last sentence.

They went away as friends.
They came back as suspects.

Rachel and Jack. Paige and Noah. And Will. Five friends who’ve known one another for years. Then along came Ali, Will’s new fiancée.

The three couples travel to Portugal for Ali and Will’s destination wedding. The weekend away at the gorgeous cliff-top villa is a chance to relax and get to know Ali an little better. She seems perfectly nice—and Will seems happy after years of bad choices.

But when Rachel discovers a shocking secret about Ali, everything changes. As the wedding weekend unfolds, the secrets each of them holds begin to spill, and friendships and marriages threaten to unravel.

In Sandie Jones’s explosive new suspense novel, jumping to conclusions can become the difference between life and death.

A Macmillan Audio production from Minotaur Books

• Language: English
• Publisher: Macmillan Audio
• Release date: Aug 3, 2021
• ISBN: 9781250819000

Sandie Jones

Sandie Jones is the author of the bestselling The Other Woman. A freelance journalist, she has contributed to the Sunday Times, Daily Mail, Woman’s Weekly and Hello magazine, amongst others. If she wasn’t a writer, she’d be an interior designer as she has an unhealthy obsession with wallpaper and cushions. She lives in London with her husband and three children.

Reviews for The Guilt Trip

[Emily Lassiter Branch · Rating: 3 out of 5 stars]

This book is a bit like a soap opera set in a destination wedding. And gosh I wanted to love this book, it sounded like the kind of thing I usually really enjoy. And while I did like it, I just didn't really love it. I can't quite put my finger on why - I'm not a reader who needs to "like" the characters in books I'm reading, but I found all these people were annoying me - whiny and full of "what ifs", and a bit entitled. It was like going to that destination wedding with a bunch of people you don't like. And while I can usually keep characters and events straight in my mind, for some reason I found this one to be confusing. That's especially true of the ending - I found myself wondering when I finished it what had actually happened in the pivotal event. I don't want to say too much and ruin it for others - and honestly it may well have been my mindset when I was listening. If I were to revisit it later I might well have a completely different take on it - I suspect my patience has worn a bit thin these days. So if this sounds like your kind of read, I'd definitely give it a try.
The audiobook was well done, and the narration was excellent.
Thanks to Netgalley and Macmillan Audio for providing a copy for an unbiased review.

[Kara Citarella · Rating: 4 out of 5 stars]

Good book! Kept me hooked. Lots of webs of lies. Still a bit confused at the end though.

[Justine Lichtenstern · Rating: 2 out of 5 stars]

I’m at chapter 12 and I can’t take anymore. I don’t like any of the characters and I don’t really care about the story. It’s boring.

[Beth Murphy · Rating: 4 out of 5 stars]

The premise of this story is preposterous. Theses people would never have been together for a long weekend. Having said that, I did enjoy the story. Some of the dialog was repetitious and unnecessary.

[TaSigmund · Rating: 4 out of 5 stars]

Six friends, Rachel, Jack, Allie, Will, Noah and Paige goes to Portugal for a wedding weekend. The friends all stay in a villa, close to the ocean. As the weekend goes on all hell breaks loose, what do you expect when two of the women doesn't like the third one. Most of the characters are likeable, but Allie is portrayed as that friend that's an airhead, extremely bubbly and perky that it's annoying, dreading spending any time with. With the revealing of secrets and twists in this book it keeps one turning page after page. This book had me on the edge of my seating waiting to find out if what Rachel was thinking is true. OMFG this ended, this is a must read book. I highly recommend it.