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For the closest match, start with The Hunting Party. Lucy Foley again brings a group with a long history to a remote celebration, this time a New Year trip to Scotland. Choose The Lying Game if the old friendships interested you more than the event, or The Woman in Cabin 10 for a luxury trip where one passenger's account is doubted.

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Choose which part of the wedding weekend you want to follow: the isolated celebration, the shared past or the unsettling trip. The table separates those connections before you choose.

Suggested books compared by setting, central relationship and what to choose each one for
Book	Setting	Central relationship	Choose it for
The Hunting PartyLucy Foley	A remote Scottish estate cut off by snow	Friends who have known each other since university	Another isolated celebration from the same author
The Lying GameRuth Ware	A coastal village the friends return to	Four women bound together since their school years	Old friendships and a past that will not stay buried
The Woman in Cabin 10Ruth Ware	A small luxury ship in the North Sea	A journalist and the people on board who doubt her	A confined trip and a disputed event at sea

The Hunting Party

by Lucy Foley

Paperback edition

Published Mar 3, 2020
352 pages

An uneasy atmosphere

Why this connection?: This is the nearest setup. A yearly New Year trip takes a group of Oxford friends to a secluded estate, and their old resentments come with them. When one of them dies, those relationships matter, much as the wedding guests' history does.
What is different?: Old university friendships shape the gathering, rather than a wedding bringing guests together. A blizzard, rather than the water around an island, keeps them in place.

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The Lying Game

by Ruth Ware

Paperback edition

Published Mar 6, 2018
416 pages

A puzzle to unravel

Why this connection?: Pick this if the strained friendships at the wedding stayed with you. Isa returns to Salten when Kate asks for help, and a secret the friends have kept since school is suddenly at risk.
What is different?: Four women respond to a discovery near the coast. Choose it for loyalty and a shared past that becomes dangerous, with a return to their school years as well as their adult lives.

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The Woman in Cabin 10

by Ruth Ware

Paperback edition

Published Apr 11, 2017
384 pages

A puzzle to unravel

Why this connection?: Choose this for another luxury trip that turns troubling in a place that is hard to leave. Lo Blacklock, a travel journalist on a small ship, sees what looks like a woman going overboard.
What is different?: Lo travels for work. Her disputed account drives the mystery, since no one aboard seems to be missing; choose it for the witness question rather than a reunion.

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