

That maybe they don’t even like each other anymore.” “That’s the thing about old friends, isn’t it? Sometimes they don’t even realize that they no longer have anything in common. His partner, Bo, is an American now working for the BBC. Nick and Bo – (the only gay couple in the group) Nick Manson was at Oxford with the others and now works as an architect.


Samira, once a fun-loving daredevil, is now a mother to a six-month old baby girl and has settled down into motherhood. Samira and Giles – Giles is the clown of the group, always fooling around to entertain his friends. She is the one who organized this year’s holiday and she is a good organizer and an excellent cook. Emma, his girlfriend of only the past three years is late joining the group and often feels like an interloper… In an effort to fit in, Emma emulates Miranda in dress and makeup. Busy at work, she has less time for Miranda than she once did.Įmma and Mark – Mark was a member of the original group of Oxford uni friends and now works in advertising. Now, in her early thirties, she is a corporate lawyer in London. A friend of Miranda, she was always in Miranda’s shadow. Katie Lewis – Back in university, Katie was the quiet one. Her choice was Julien, a handsome stock trader with an overwhelming need to be liked by everyone. Beautiful, she could have any man she chose. Back at Oxford University, Miranda was the gregarious one. Miranda and Julien Adams – Never overly clever, Miranda uses her looks and bold behavior to manipulate others. It is year end 2018 and they intend to see the New Year in together as is their usual custom. Seven university friends come together at Loch Corrin, a remote inn in the highlands of Scotland on an estate of fifty thousand acres. “There is something unnerving about the isolation, knowing how far we are from everything.” “Some people, given just the right amount of pressure, taken out of their usual, comfortable environments, don’t need much encouragement at all to become monsters.”
