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The Hunting Party

By: Lucy Foley
Narrated by: Cathleen McCarron, Laura Kirman, Clare Corbett, Ellie Heydon, Joshua Manning
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*The brand new thriller from Lucy Foley – THE MIDNIGHT FEAST – is available to buy now*

*The Sunday Times No.1 bestseller*

EVERYONE’S INVITED.

EVERYONE’S A SUSPECT.

AND EVERYONE’S TALKING ABOUT IT.

‘Ripping, riveting’ A. J. Finn
‘Clever, twisty and sleek’ Daily Mail
‘Unputdownable’ John Boyne
‘Foley is superb’ The Times
‘Chilling’ Adele Parks
‘Terrific, riveting’ Dinah Jefferies

In a remote hunting lodge, deep in the Scottish wilderness, old friends gather for New Year.

The beautiful one
The golden couple
The volatile one
The new parents
The quiet one
The city boy
The outsider

The victim.

Not an accident – a murder among friends.

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Critic reviews

‘A ripping, riveting murder mystery — wily as Agatha Christie, charged with real menace, real depth. Perfect for fans of Ruth Ware’ – A. J. Finn
‘Very gripping and so good on the awfulness of some long-history friendships’ – Sophie Hannah
‘Hugely entertaining. Full of surprises. This is a clever, twisting page-turner of the highest order. I loved it’ – Simon Kernick
‘The suspense will keep you reading long after lights out’ – Woman and Home
‘I loved The Hunting Party – a gripping, eerie thriller set in a beautifully imagined remote wilderness with pitch-perfect characters’ – Laura Marshall
‘The Secret History meets And Then There Were None, this is a fantastic crime debut’ – Cass Green
'One of my favourite reads so far this year – beautifully written and full of chills’ – Cara Hunter
‘Secret upon secret and a healthy dose of deceit. You won't look at your old friends in the same way when you read this book’ – C.L. Taylor
‘Chilling. You won’t sleep’ – Adele Parks
‘Foley builds the tension cleverly and creepily, underlining the point that old friends aren’t always the best’ – Observer
‘Those who enjoyed The Secret History by Donna Tartt and The Party by Elizabeth Day will love The Hunting Party’ – Pandora Sykes
‘The Hunting Party is an edge of the seat thriller with a fabulously chilling atmosphere. I absolutely loved it’ – Kate Hamer
‘Thrilling and atmospheric. I loved this thoroughly modern and glamorous update of the country house murder mystery’ – Tasmina Perry
‘A brilliant, addictive, claustrophobic read’ Karen Hamilton
‘Twisty, layered and compulsive. I raced through the pages in a hunt to discover the truth’ – Lucy Clarke
‘Secrets, lies, good plotting’ – Sarah Vaughan
‘Gripping and exciting and wonderfully written, of course, with such incredible characters and a wonderful twist that I really didn’t see coming’ – Louise O’Neill
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Oxford students who can’t light a fire, Macho outdoorsy man. Bitchy women. Some fairly thin, tired caricatures here.

A bit wet

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This is a SUPERB modern take on a murder who done it. A thrilling page turning read brought to life through superb characterisation and brilliant twists and turns in the plot. I couldn’t finish it quick enough.

Highly recommended... a brilliant book

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i have to say this has been one of my most entertaining reads in 2018, it's an absolute cracking mystery. As some other reviewers have stated it is written very much in golden age of crime a la Christie and set in a country house (lodge). There are a group of long time friends who met at Oxford and are now in their thirties who spend each New Year together. Emma and Mark, Miranda and Julien, Samira and Giles alongside baby Priya (6 months old), gay couple Nick and Bo plus Katie are the friends plus 3 staff Dougie, Heather and Ian. As the story progress we learn about each character and the dark secrets they keep. The friends aren't the only paying guests at the lodge there is also two Icelanders named Invar and Gudrun.

A guest goes missing and a body is found but it isn't revealed till later on who is murdered. The suspense keeps building up until we learn who by whom in the last few chapters.

The action takes place during a snow blizzard and which leaves the lodge cut off and to try and travel in the freezing rural conditions would certainly be dangerous in its self! Never mind stay at a lodge where there's been a murder! The description of the Scottish landscape was a joy and I was totally immersed...so much so I could almost feel the snow beneath my feet as I walked the dog through the woods whilst listening!

This novel is excellent, although the main characters are really unlikable, it held my attention right through. The author managed to keep me guessing as to who was laying dead and why. The twists kept coming and coming. Each chapter is told from the POV of the main female characters and Dougie the gamekeeper which I really liked.

Any way this book is worth a credit of anybody's money and certainly a re read/listen.

There's been a murder!

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I really enjoyed this unusual murder mystery. Written something like a modern day Agatha Christie novel, the characters are well drawn and great atmosphere is created with detailed descriptions of the winter landscape.

Modern who-done-it!

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I happened to listen to this at exactly the time it's set, just after Christmas 2018, which helped in setting the scene. The plot is a bit daft but it's rolls along and is very well read, so definitely worth a credit.

Enjoyable And Well Read

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