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The Hunting PartyLucy Foley

Characters in The Hunting Party

12 characters, main characters first.

Main characters

  • Katie (The Hunting Party)

    A reserved London lawyer and one of the group's narrators, Miranda's best friend since Oxford who is secretly having an affair with Miranda's husband.

Supporting characters

  • Miranda (The Hunting Party)

    The glamorous, magnetic center of the friend group and Julien's wife; her death during the New Year's trip is the mystery at the book's center.

  • Mark (The Hunting Party)

    Emma's partner, an advertising executive with a quick temper.

  • Nick (The Hunting Party)

    An architect in the friend group, in a long-term relationship with Bo.

  • Bo (The Hunting Party)

    Nick's partner, an American former addict who works for the BBC.

  • Julien (The Hunting Party)

    Miranda's husband, secretly having an affair with Katie.

  • Samira (The Hunting Party)

    Giles's wife, a new mother who brings their baby on the trip.

  • Giles (The Hunting Party)

    Samira's husband, a new father on the trip.

  • Heather (The Hunting Party)

    The lodge's manager, isolated on the estate and left to handle the crisis before help can arrive.

  • Doug (The Hunting Party)

    The estate's gamekeeper who discovers the body; a solitary man with his own troubled past.

  • Priya (The Hunting Party)