A remote hunting lodge, deep in the Highlands of Scotland, is the chosen venue for a group of old friends to spend their New Year's holidays. A tradition that has lasted for ten years, starting when they were students at Oxford, where they always welcome the new year together.

However, the weight of hidden secrets proves to be too great to offset the fading nostalgia, and in the midst of the festive evening's revelry, the thread that holds them all together snaps. One member of the group steps away from the warmth of the lodge at the same time a maniacal killer roams the area, while the lodge itself conceals a dark secret...

On New Year's Day, the missing member of the group is found dead... An exhilarating, gripping thriller with sharp writing that recalls Agatha Christie, delivered in a convincingly menacing tone and an atmospheric setting.