'Lucy Foley proves that the traditional country-house murder formula.can still work brilliantly. 'A tense, perfectly paced murder mystery.' - People 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: admiration of 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 30, just before a historic blizzard seals the lodge off from the outside world. and another of them did it.Īll of them are friends. Now, on New Year's Day, one of them is dead. 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. Goodreads - BookBub - PopSugar - BookRiot - Crimereads - Pure Wow - Crime by the BookĪLL OF THEM ARE FRIENDS.

NAMED ONE OF THE MOST ANTICIPATED THRILLERS OF THE WINTER BY:

The hunting party by lucy foley movie