The Hunting Party: A Novel
THE NEW YORK TIMES BESTSELLER
“My favorite kind of whodunit, kept me guessing all the way through, and reminiscent of Agatha Christie at her best -- with an extra dose of acid.” -- Alex Michaelides, author of the #1 New York Times bestseller The Silent Patient
From the author of the Reese Witherspoon book club pick The Guest List
Everyone's invited...everyone's a suspect...
During 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. 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.
The trip begins innocently enough: admiring the stunning if foreboding scenery, champagne in front of a crackling fire, and reminiscences about the past. But after a decade, the weight of secret resentments has grown too heavy for the group’s tenuous nostalgia to bear. 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.
Two days later, on New Year’s Day, one of them is dead. . . and another of them did it.
Keep your friends close, the old adage says. But how close is too close?
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Readers say *The Hunting Party* delivers engaging character development and a compelling Scottish Highlands setting with atmospheric detail and multip...
Even the settings are similar. The Guest List was set in Ireland and The Hunting Party (THP) was set in Scotland. I’m aware of the cultural and scenic differences of /Ireland and Scotland, especially since my most recent ancestors that immigrated to America, were in fact Irish and Scottish. Though they were set in different seasons, The Hunting Party just felt very familiar, minus the snow. Even the POV’s felt familiar to me, even though while listening to THP I had forgotten that Lucy Foley had also written TGL. Overall? I preferred this story and setting. So if I had to choose to only recommend one of these stories, I’d choose this one.
The Hunting Party by Lucy Foley
352 pages
What’s it about?
Nine former college friends make a point to have an annual reunion on New Year's Eve every year. This year they choose get together at a small, remote Scottish hunting lodge. During their stay one of the people at the lodge goes missing. The story centers around a cast of characters that all may be harboring their own secrets....
What did it make me think about?
This was just a really good page turner.
Should I read it?
For anyone who is looking for a book that will suspend any thoughts but "What is going to happen next?"- this book is for you!
Quote-
"But I was struck by the thought that they did not seem completely comfortable in one another's company. Which was odd, as they'd told me right at the beginning that they were very old friends. But that's the thing about old friends, isn't it? Sometimes they don't even realize that they no longer have anything in common."
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