This would be a novel where if you enjoyed it you would have to read it again to fully comprehend everything that happened. I did like that as the reader we have to find out who both the victim and killer are: That was not expected! Once the victim was known, I figured out who the killer was, but not why. The downfall for me was that I was just not attached to any of the characters, so I did not care who was murdered. This type of novel has been written many times before, and I have read several like this, so the over-used trope did not bother me as I love a good thriller. The Hunting Party is a possibly intriguing novel that did not quite deliver for me. Keep your friends close, the old adage goes. Amid the boisterous revelry of New Year’s Eve, the cord holding them together snaps. But after a decade, the weight of secret resentments has grown too heavy for the group’s tenuous nostalgia to bear. The trip began innocently enough: admiring the stunning if foreboding scenery, champagne in front of a crackling fire, and reminiscences about the past.
Two days later, on New Year’s Day, one of them is dead. They arrive on December 30th, just before a historic blizzard seals the lodge off from the outside world. 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. One of them is a killer.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.
and murder and mayhem ensue.Īll of them are friends. Dates Read: November 29- December 3, 2021įor fans of Ruth Ware and Tana French, a shivery, atmospheric, page-turning novel of psychological suspense in the tradition of Agatha Christie, in which a group of old college friends are snowed in at a hunting lodge.
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