![]() ![]() ![]() Not only that, five characters – Heather, Doug, Miranda, Katie and Emma – are given their own chapters throughout the book. ![]() We are told in the prologue that someone has been murdered, then the narrative jumps between the present and back to the preceding few days to tantalisingly reveal the story. ‘Some people, given just the right amount of pressure, taken out of their usual, comfortable environments, don’t need much encouragement at all to become monsters.’ Add in two other random guests from Iceland that no-one knows much about and three lodge employees who all have more to their characters than first meets the eye and you have the perfect blend to create just the right level of intrigue and suspense. ![]() Set in an isolated luxury lodge in the snowy Scottish highlands, a group of nine friends go there to spend New Year’s Eve they are Oxford University alumni, each with a back story and secrets. In that sense, The Hunting Party is murder mystery 101 and ticks all the boxes. It’s no secret that I love Agatha Christie, so when I kept seeing reviews of The Hunting Party saying that in plot and tone it evoked the great lady herself, I couldn’t wait to give it a read. Opening sentence: “I see a man coming through the falling snow.” ![]()
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