It is easy to imagine the paranoia the guests feel as one of their own is murdered. The estate manager, Heather, and the gamekeeper Doug are engaging narrators, but there’s not really enough time to indulge in the drama of their pasts-which are only hinted at until the quickly unfurling conclusion.Ītmospherically, Foley gets an A for creating a realistic, desolate, and spooky environment. The few characters that seem particularly sympathetic (Nick and his boyfriend Bo, Samira and Giles), don’t get a chance to narrate. Unfortunately Katie and Julien seem like Class A jerks too, so I didn’t really care that Miranda was nasty to them. Miranda, the rich and beautiful center of much of the drama, is portrayed as villainous and manipulative in all of her relationships-particularly with her husband, Julien, and her best friend Katie. Additionally, Foley’s character development is unfortunately not quite strong enough to provoke much of an attachment to any of the characters. I’m generally not the biggest fan of multiple narrators, as I get attached to a primary voice and dislike switching. The story switches narrators by chapter, changing perspectives on the drama unfolding. From the beginning, we know one of them dies, but both the victim and killer are not revealed until the conclusion. Review: “The Hunting Party” has a solid, time-tested premise: ten thirtysomething friends who attended Oxford together are vacationing at a secluded estate in Scotland, where before long they are both snowed in and playing out dramas both old and new. and another of them did it.ĭON’T BE LEFT OUT. Now, on New Year’s Day, one of them is dead. 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. 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.

Finn, #1 New York Times bestselling author of The Woman in the Windowĭuring 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. “A ripping, riveting murder mystery - wily as Agatha Christie, charged with real menace, real depth.

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