The Hunting Party

A Novel

By: Lucy Foley

Narrated by: Gary Furlong, Elle Newlands, Morag Sims, Imogen Church, Moira Quirk

#1 NYT Bestselling Author

“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?

DON'T BE LEFT OUT. JOIN THE PARTY NOW.

Dull, Unoriginal, Uninspired

If every member of the hunting party could have been killed off in the first few chapters, this would have been a more interesting book. (What unsympathetic, self indulgent, and one dimensional characters).The twist was just silly. Don’t waste your time or money.

Slow Start-Strong Finish

I really enjoyed the Wedding Party, so I gave this book a try. The beginning took a little more effort to get through than her other book, but midway through I was definitely engaged. I guessed the plot twists, but they were still good. The audio is great.

Good narration

I have no idea why Harper Audio decided to cast a brand new group of narrators for the US version of the book when they already had a stellar cast for the UK version. But saying that, what the UK version did not have was the Scots tones of Gary Furlong to give the book authenticity.

The story itself is one that has been done many times before, so I don't know why it is getting so much praise. We have a group of friends who have known one another since Uni who ritually spend the New Year together each year despite growing apart and resenting one another. And of course... there is a murder. The storyline is unoriginal but it was entertaining having lots of different narrators taking turns to read chapters.

great story, well done

loved it. a new style and author for me. very well thought out, and superb narrating .

Entertaining mystery!

I wasn’t sure about this story when I started but I really enjoyed finding out the mysteries surrounding each character. I also did not guess the ending reveal, which is rare for me! I would definitely recommend.