Muerte en la nieve/ The Hunting Party

Un trepidante thriller en el que las viejas amistades no siempre son las mejores.

Fueron un grupo unido, alegre, divertido. Han pasado varios años desde que dejaron la universidad, pero les gusta reunirse de vez en cuando. Este año han elegido un idílico pabellón de caza en medio de las montañas de Escocia para pasar los últimos días del año.

El viaje comienza de manera inocente: admirando el paisaje, bebiendo y recordando anécdotas del pasado. Sin embargo, el resentimiento y el peso de los secretos han ido creciendo. Creen que siguen siendo los mismos, cada uno en su papel, el de la guapa, o el de la silenciosa, o la pareja perfecta, o el outsider, pero el tiempo les ha cambiado.

Cuando se desata una tremenda tormenta de nieve el día antes de Nochevieja, el grupo queda completamente aislado del mundo. Dos días más tarde, en el primer día del año, a uno de ellos le ha tocado el papel de víctima. Entre ellos, hay otro que se ha convertido en un asesino.

ENGLISH DESCRIPTION

Everyone's invited...everyone's a suspect...

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 . . . and murder and mayhem ensue.

All of them are friends. One of them is a killer.

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.
They arrive on December 30th, just before a historic blizzard seals the lodge off from the outside world.

Two days later, on New Year’s Day, one of them is dead.

The trip began 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.

Now one of them is dead . . . and another of them did it.

Keep your friends close, the old adage goes. But just how close is too close?

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Lucy Foley (Author)

Lucy Foley is a No.1 Sunday Times, Irish Times and New York Times bestselling author. Her contemporary murder mystery thrillers have sold over five million copies worldwide, and several are currently being adapted for the screen. She is a Waterstones Thriller of the Month author, a three-time nominee at the British Book Awards, and The Guest List was a Reese’s Book Club selection and winner of the Goodreads Choice Award for Mystery Thriller. As a life-long Agatha Christie fan, Lucy has drawn immeasurable inspiration from the Queen of Crime. She was one of 12 writers to contribute to Marple, a collection of short stories featuring the beloved detective. And in Murder at the Grand Alpine Hotel, she was inspired to transport Miss Marple – her favorite Christie creation – to the glamorous post-war setting of the Swiss Alps, in a mystery that feels gloriously escapist yet utterly relevant to our times.