Someone has gone missing and a blizzard has begun, thoroughly cutting off the lodge from civilization and any hopes of a rescue team. They are the most relatable of all the characters and aren’t a bunch of proud jerks – they just get paid well to put up with them.Īs with The Guest List, the story begins almost immediately with the murder after a brief introductory bit. We also get the POV of the lodge’s hunting guide and the lodge manager. The only real new blood are the significant others of two of the Oxford clique and the one poor girl is trying so hard to fit in that it’s a bit creepy and desperate.
They’ve drifted apart, but this annual trip seems to bring out roles they played in college – popular girl, hot guy, quiet girl, party girl, etc. They can’t stop reliving their college glory days, indulge in their own self importance, and are a rather unlikable group of people who can’t seem to remember why they remain friends this many years later. With that pointed out, I still found I enjoyed listening to the audiobook because it does keep you guessing and with the highly flawed cast of characters there is no shortage of murder suspects.Ī group of college friends from Oxford go on their annual New Year’s eve trip to a remote hunting lodge in the Scottish Highlands. If you’ve read The Guest List you’ll definitely see some parallels in this book (or vice versa), so the plot didn’t exactly feel fresh to me. Once again, Lucy Foley has written a cast of almost entirely unlikable characters. 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: admiring 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 30th, just before a historic blizzard seals the lodge off from the outside world. 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. One of them is a killer.ĭuring 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. and murder and mayhem ensue.Īll of them are friends.
For fans of Ruth Ware and Tana French, a shivery, atmospheric, page-turning 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.
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