Book a week: Week 22 "The Hunting party"

 

"The Hunting party" is a novel by Lucy Foley.

 The story begins with a group of thirty something friends going for a winter vacation. It is a tradition started 10 years ago when they were studying in Oxford. 

This particular time, they chose to go to a remote place in located in Scottish highland. The place is not easily accessible. They are supposed to stay and celebrate New Year there.

At the beginning, everything seems fun. But, the group has secrets. They are not what we see on the surface. There are secret grudges.

Miranda seems to be the star among the friends. As the story goes on, we realize, their inner secrets and fears.

Then after New Year celebrations, one of them is killed. One of them is the killer.

When the story unravels, we understand who killed whom. 

What happens when friends have secrets? 

An interesting book to read and kill time.