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The Hunting Party

Written by: Lucy Foley
Narrated by: Gary Furlong, Elle Newlands, Morag Sims, Imogen Church, Moira Quirk
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Publisher's Summary

Everyone's invited...everyone's a suspect....

For fans of Ruth Ware and Tana French, a shivery, atmospheric, pause-resisting novel of psychological suspense in the tradition of Agatha Christie, in which a group of old college friends are snowed in at a hunting lodge...and murder and mayhem ensue.

All of them are friends. One of them is a killer.

During the languid days of the Christmas break, a group of 30-something friends from Oxford meets to welcome in the New Year together, a tradition they began as students 10 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.

They arrive on December 30, just before a historic blizzard seals the lodge off from the outside world.

Two days later, 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. 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, one of them is dead...and another of them did it.

Keep your friends close, the old adage goes. But just how close is too close?

©2019 Lucy Foley (P)2019 HarperCollins Publishers

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Long-winded

This book had the potential to be great. However, it was very slow at the beginning and ended too abruptly. The characters of Doug and Heather were unnecessary and I found myself skipping their chapters. This writer could have benefited from a good editor!

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Great Read

I enjoyed everything about this book. The story is well written and the various characters are fully fleshed out and believable. I particularly enjoyed the way the narration was done with different actors for each character rather than one person attempting to do different voices. The story is gripping and suspenseful.

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Really enjoyed this!

I’ve listened to The Paris Apartment and The Guest List and have enjoyed all three so much! I’m looking forward to Lucy Foley’s next book.

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Fun listen but no lasting impact

I enjoyed listening to the story. It definitely reminds me of the classic "and then there were none". I did guess the ending fairly quickly but I felt like there was still a good amount of intrigue. it was fast pace and enjoyable, just lacked any innovation to the genre to leave a lasting impact.

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Great Listen!

Awesome narrators! One of my favourites: Imogen Church. The story was a little difficult to follow at first due to so many characters but became easier as the novel went on. Worth the listen.

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Great all around!

I really liked this book. Great character development and setting descriptions. I could really relate *sort of* to the people and social setting - (on a less extreme scale). Narrations we’re great and ending was unexpected and left me satisfied.

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Surprisingly good read

When I started this book I wasn’t sure I would keep reading. But I stuck with it and was glad I did. This was a really good read.

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mmmmm

I read this and the guest list back to back... similar story of rich folk and a mysterious murder. the guest list had more exciting twists

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Really good story

There are some great twists!
Easy to listen to, time flew by fast for this one !

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So. Damn. Good!!!!

On the edge of my seat ending. Love the accents. Characters built up and expressed beautifully. Cannot recommend this story enough!!!!! It is worth savoring...

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