The timeline jumps around a little depending on which character is narrating the chapter. And Emma, the newest addition to this group of old friends. Miranda, the pretty, entitled one in the group. Katie, the plain, quiet friend in the group. Heather, a woman harboring a deep hurt who also works at the lodge. We experience this story through the following characters: Doug, a man hiding a dark secret who is the gamekeeper at the lodge. I think I might have found it more confusing to have read a physical copy, but the different narrators really helped out. I listened to the audiobook and there were different narrators for each character perspective, which was really nice. The narration is from a few different perspectives throughout the book. I didn’t guess who the murderer was, and, for that matter, I didn’t even guess who the murder victim was until the end. The Hunting Party had all of those things, but for some reason, it just didn’t grip me. I want twists and turns, and I want to be guessing till the end. I love murder mysteries, especially those that have good Agatha Christie vibes. Unfortunately, we all know it does, and The Hunting Party shows that sometimes a friendship crashes and burns in a blaze of glory. But how close is too close?Īs the Spice Girls once said, ‘friendship never ends.’ Keep your friends close, the old adage says. Two days later, on New Year’s Day, one of them is dead…and another of them did it.

Amid the boisterous revelry of New Year’s Eve, the cord holding them together snaps, just as a historic blizzard seals the lodge off from the outside world.

But after a decade, the weight of secret resentments has grown too heavy for the group’s tenuous nostalgia to bear.

The trip begins innocently enough: admiring the stunning if foreboding scenery, champagne in front of a crackling fire, and reminiscences about the past. For this vacation, they’ve chosen an idyllic and isolated estate in the Scottish Highlands – the perfect place to get away and unwind by themselves. Synopsis: Everyone’s invited…everyone’s a suspect…ĭuring the languid days of the Christmas break, a group of thirtysomething friends from Oxford meet to welcome in the New Year together, a tradition they began as students ten years ago. Brand: Thriller, Mystery, Suspense, Murder Mystery, Psychological Thriller

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