Alex Michaelides’s new book, ‘The Fury,’ is Agatha Christie-Style Fun [The Boston Globe]

As he proved in his smash-hit “The Silent Patient,” Alex Michaelides is a master of the unreliable narrator.

At face value, “The Fury,” (out Jan. 16) is a 180-degree-pivot from both the 2019 psychological-thriller debut that made the Cypriot a name on the mystery circuit–“Patient” lived on the New York Bestseller list for so many years it needed to rent a room – and his darker sophomore bestseller, “The Maidens” (2021).

“Fury” is pure Agatha Christie-esque fun– genre romp, complete with remote island setting and larger-than-life characters who might’ve dunit.