![]() ![]() Their true enemy resides among them, a predator ready to kill, and the murderer’s real identity is anyone’s guess. But now, isolated and alone with only one another to rely on, they will soon discover that the real threat isn’t the weather. The friends arrive at their destination on December 30, just in time to be caught in one of the most dangerous blizzards they’ve ever seen. ![]() Yet even as the train steams ahead, it is obvious that their friendships aren’t quite what they used to be, a fact which plants seeds of suspicion in our minds from the opening pages of the novel. Together, they take the train to Scotland, and almost from the moment they board, the merriment begins as the alcohol flows and nearly everyone is unaware of the passing scenery. But this year their paths converge on a trip to a fabulous new hunting lodge in the Scottish Highlands, a setting that is both remote and beautiful and promises plenty of rest and relaxation among the Oxford grads. Now in their thirties, their lives have taken different roads. ![]() For the past ten years, nine old college friends have gathered together every December to bring in the New Year. ![]()
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