Worse, they find that despite Emma having made a supposedly exclusive booking, they are sharing their stay with two strange Icelandic backpackers.

Loch Corrin is a remote spot and heavy snowfall soon after their arrival effectively cuts them off from the outside world. And then there’s Katie, the only single person on the trip and Miranda’s best friend since they met at secondary school and a successful lawyer who’s hoping for partnership, she’s pulled away from the group recently due to pressure of work. Emma is the only member of the group who wasn’t at university with them but she’s really keen to be accepted and having organised this trip to Loch Corrin is desperate for it to be a success. Samira is a management consultant currently on maternity leave and she and Giles (a doctor) are there their newborn daughter, Priya while Mark (who works for an advertising agency and has anger issues) is there with his partner Emma, who works for a publishing firm. Sensible and steady Nick works as an architect and is there with his partner Bo, a recovering addict from the USA who works for the BBC. Beautiful, vivacious and brilliant but with a sharp tongue, she’s married to the handsome and successful trader, Julien.

Miranda is at the heart of the group, just as she was at Oxford University. It’s 30th December 2018 and a group of old university friends have arrived at the Loch Corrin Estate in the Scottish Highlands for a New Year’s Eve party. I earn commission on any purchases made through these links.

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