The Hunting Party

This book has a lot of factual inaccuracies. It is written in quite an immature style where the plot is rushed, characters are not fleshed out well and they are all rather stereotypical. E.G: broody gamekeeper from the country, 'Londoners' who know nothing about the countryside. The writer spends alot of time on descriptive writing, which although necessary, when done in excess takes away from the narrative and any suspense from the story. There is a lot going on in the story in terms of mysteries, too many to be succesfully unraveled in one novel and it ends up with some revelations being uncovered at very odd points of the story. I don't understand how it became such a renowned bestseller, but the similar sounding positive reviews seems to point towards alot of money put towards marketing and promotion. A false success and a badly written story to prove it. It is nothing like Agatha Christie

A really engrossing read that I thoroughly enjoyed. I loved how well the book was written, each chapter focusing on a characters prospective. Katie was my favorite character, and although at times hard to like, Miranda kept the story moving. My only gripe with the book was that the ending was a bit abrupt, I found it didn't warrant the storylines build up, which I might add was very gripping & full of twists & turns.

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. A decade ago they were friends at Oxford & decide to have a getaway for the New Year in a remote Scottish lodge, they are cut off by snow. Someone ends up dead. I found myself engrossing in this thriller it harks back to a Christie novel & has lots of twists & turns. They were friends years ago but very quickly the cracks appear & do they actually like each other now. I liked how the book flipped from the present to a few days earlier when they arrived. I also liked that the victim was a mystery for quite a way into the book. The characters were well drawn & I liked it that they were all unlikeable. A different read for me but one that I really enjoyed & I look forward to reading more from the author My honest review is for a special copy I voluntarily read