In the first few chapters we meet Heather, woman who runs the lodge at Loch Corrin, and Doug, an ex-marine, who acts as a game keeper for the land. Miranda has an air of ‘head cheerleader’ about her she enjoys the power that having people look up to her gives her. Her reactions to this, and then further, the other characters responses to this, explain that this is not a new situation to be in with Katie. Katie is displaced from the group as ‘the single one’ - she has a separate seat on the train and a smaller cabin-for-one once arriving at the lodge. There are some tensions that are noticeable instantly. This style of writing creates an immediate sense of manic grappling with information which continues throughout the novel as readers learn more about the characters - specifically what drives them to the point where someone has been killed. 11 friends, who haven’t seen each other in the best part of a year, thrown together at a remote lodge at Loch Corrin, are bound to have some tales to unwind and some thoughts in the moment that will need explaining. This works hard to enrich the story by throwing readers into the minds of these characters straight away. There is a deliberate back and forth structure that shifts between past and present, as well as character perspective.
Lucy Foley has contructed an intricate novel within which the narrative strands are consistently crossing over and changing hands.
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