Thrillers & Suspense
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The Hunting Party: A Novel
THE NEW YORK TIMES BESTSELLER
"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.
"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.
Editorial Reviews
"A tense, perfectly paced murder mystery." - People
"Lucy Foley proves that the traditional country-house murder formula…can still work brilliantly.… Superb." - The Times (London)
"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
"A ripping, riveting murder mystery-wily as Agatha Christie, charged with real menace, real depth. Perfect for fans of Ruth Ware." - A.J. Finn, #1 New York Times bestselling author of The Woman in the Window
"Fans of Ruth Ware will likely rip through The Hunting Party at warp speed." - Popsugar
"Like a deliciously drawn out game of Clue, this novel brings together a group of Oxford friends at a remote Scottish highlands estate for the Christmas holidays....Foley paints such a vivid hunting-lodge-and-lochs setting that you'll immediately be booking your own highland fling, clandestine killers or no." - National Geographic
"Everyone is a suspect in Lucy Foley's clever murder mystery that harkens back to Agatha Christie and the Orient Express. Friends, lovers, strangers and murder at a secluded hunting lodge make for an absolutely delicious read!" - Wendy Walker, author of the national bestseller All Is Not Forgotten
"An addictive murder mystery full of suspense, secrets and surprises. I loved it!" - Alice Feeney, New York Times bestselling author of Sometimes I Lie
"Psychological suspense that rivets. Imaginatively conceived and deftly executed." - Fredericksburg Free Lance-Star
"An auspicious thriller debut...a cracklingly suspenseful story for a long winter's night." - Publishers Weekly
"Foley exce...
"Lucy Foley proves that the traditional country-house murder formula…can still work brilliantly.… Superb." - The Times (London)
"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
"A ripping, riveting murder mystery-wily as Agatha Christie, charged with real menace, real depth. Perfect for fans of Ruth Ware." - A.J. Finn, #1 New York Times bestselling author of The Woman in the Window
"Fans of Ruth Ware will likely rip through The Hunting Party at warp speed." - Popsugar
"Like a deliciously drawn out game of Clue, this novel brings together a group of Oxford friends at a remote Scottish highlands estate for the Christmas holidays....Foley paints such a vivid hunting-lodge-and-lochs setting that you'll immediately be booking your own highland fling, clandestine killers or no." - National Geographic
"Everyone is a suspect in Lucy Foley's clever murder mystery that harkens back to Agatha Christie and the Orient Express. Friends, lovers, strangers and murder at a secluded hunting lodge make for an absolutely delicious read!" - Wendy Walker, author of the national bestseller All Is Not Forgotten
"An addictive murder mystery full of suspense, secrets and surprises. I loved it!" - Alice Feeney, New York Times bestselling author of Sometimes I Lie
"Psychological suspense that rivets. Imaginatively conceived and deftly executed." - Fredericksburg Free Lance-Star
"An auspicious thriller debut...a cracklingly suspenseful story for a long winter's night." - Publishers Weekly
"Foley exce...
Readers Top Reviews
Historical Fictio
Foley writes page turners and this book is no exception. This one ended a bit abruptly, but was still an entertaining read.
C mHistorical Fic
The characters are predictable but the story itself was ok. I found myself correctly guessing as to what would happen next, but overall not a bad quick read.
TapTheLineKyle Co
This novel was one of the most discussed and hyped crime fiction works of the last year and it is an excellent choice for the fans of authors such as Ruth Ware and Shari Lapena. Lucy Foley is a writer known mainly for her historical fiction books and The Hunting Party is her debut crime novel. It is a closed-room murder mystery taking place in the magnificent setting of the Scottish Highlands where the wild landscape is a character in itself. The main characters are a group of friends from the University of Oxford who are now in their mid-thirties and they decide to take a short break from their everyday reality in the exotic Highlands. They reside in an isolated lodge in the middle of the wilderness and soon tensions begin to rise and old antagonisms are brought into the surface after the first day. Moreover, extreme weather conditions will exclude any chance of communication with the outside world. A crime is going to be committed soon and the reader should focus on each character's thought process and backstory which will prove to be the key behind the murder. There is a pervasive Agatha Christie vibe and it seems that Foley is one of the most zestful fans of the English cozy mystery master. Foley uses a double timeline narrative as the reader is jumping back and forth between the present (2 January 2019) and the past (31/12/2018). In the present timeline, the gamekeeper of the lodge, Doug, a gloomy persona with a violent past, discovers the body of one of the guests. Foley doesn't reveal the identity of the victim, thus duplicating the mystery as the reader has to guess the identity of both the culprit and the victim. In the past timeline, we follow the group of friends' interactions from the moment they set foot in the lodge. We are watching the plot unfolding through the perspective of multiple characters: the gorgeous, attention-seeker Miranda, her meek though self-destructive best friend Kate, and the person who organized the trip to the Highlands, the newest member of the group, Emma. Furthermore, we watch the story's events unravel through the eyes of Doug and his overseer, Heather. All characters are multi-layered and have more than one secrets which are revealed to the reader in a steady, not too fast nor too slow, tempo. Foley's main theme is the corrosion of old friendships and the estrangement between her main characters. They once used to be one body and one soul, but now they all seem to have their own life and problems lacking the sense of closeness and camaraderie that existed during their Oxford years. The constant switching in perspectives allows the reader to become more familiar with some of the protagonists and after the first third of the novel, you will have shaped a general idea of who is who. Some may find it a bit confusing, but in reality, it's a smart trope that the author uses in order to delve deeper i...
CynthiaTapTheLine
Some of the characters (not surprisingly) are not all that attractive, but Lucy Foley's style of writing kept me reading. Very interesting, darkly humorous, and at least for me, unpredictable. For the first half of the book, the reader isn't even told which of the guests has been murdered.
Linda OdellCynthi
This book had so many twists and turns i couldn’t figure anything out. Every time i thought i knew, the next page changed it. I loved every second of it and am only sad to be done. I have read every book by Lucy Foley and am sad there are no more. Hopefully she is working on a new one! Recommend to any mystery lover, who hates formula!! Enjoy
