Staff Pick
Oh, I love the sound of breaking glass!
Take a New Year's party of friends, place them in a secluded Scottish lodge,
add high-octane drinking, buried secrets, resentments, and jealousies,
throw in a blizzard for good measure, mix well, and you may end up with
someone dead... just like in Lucy Foley's Hunting Party. A perfect weekend treat! Recommended By Adrienne C., Powells.com
A New Year's Eve weekend at a remote lodge in Scotland is the perfect getaway for Miranda and all her old college friends. When the weather takes a turn and the friends are stuck with no way in or out, tensions flare. Yes, they were friends in college, but were they really? Is it just convenience that has the group getting together once a year? Do they even really like each other? Drinking, drugs, and isolation fan the flames of anger that strain just under the surface. Love affairs, cheating, secrets, crimes, jealousy, and obsession cinch tight the ties between the friends until something gives way, and someone is dead. The Hunting Party is part Ruth Ware, part Barbara Vine, and all deliciously creepy! Loved it! Recommended By Dianah H., Powells.com
Synopses & Reviews
Synopsis
AN INSTANT SUNDAY TIMES BESTSELLER
NAMED ONE OF THE MOST ANTICIPATED THRILLERS OF THE WINTER BY:
Goodreads - BookBub - PopSugar - BookRiot - Crimereads - Pure Wow - Crime by the Book
ALL OF THEM ARE FRIENDS. ONE OF THEM IS A KILLER.
"A ripping, riveting murder mystery -- wily as Agatha Christie, charged with real menace, real depth. Perfect for fans of Ruth Ware." - A.J. Finn, #1 New York Times bestselling author of The Woman in the Window
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 began 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.
Now, on New Year's Day, one of them is dead . . . and another of them did it.
DON'T BE LEFT OUT. JOIN THE PARTY NOW.
--Publishers Weekly