Young adult and middle grade fiction author Ally Condie has
turned the pain of an unwanted divorce into her first venture into writing for
adults in the novel The Unwedding that was released June 4.
Ellery Wainwright decides to take her now defunct second
honeymoon celebrating 20 years of marriage even though her husband is off with
another woman after seeking a divorce from Ellery. Her friend Abby has
suggested Ellery take the trip to a luxurious resort in Big Sur, California,
since the reservation is not refundable.
Unfortunately for Ellery, the resort is the destination of
a high-profile wedding on the same weekend as her visit. Worse, she discovers a
body floating in the pool when she goes out for an early morning swim. Even
worse, everyone is trapped at the resort and the police cannot reach them thanks
to a mudslide that takes out the road to the resort.
While neither guests nor staff are pleased to be stranded,
they are not terribly alarmed about their safety until a second body is discovered.
Suddenly, everyone becomes a suspect, workers and visitors alike.
Ellery, a high school history teacher, decides to do some
investigating to see what clues she can uncover and preserve for the police
when they can finally reach the resort. In the middle of her amateur sleuthing,
another guest has disappeared.
Ally Condie, a former high school English teacher, lives outside of Salt Lake City with her
second husband and four children.
