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.
