INSTANT NEW YORK TIMES AND USA TODAY BESTSELLER FROM THE AUTHOR OF IN A DARK, DARK WOOD Featured in TheSkimm An Entertainment Weekly “Summer Must List” Pick A New York Post “Summer Must-Read” Pick Included in Summer Book Guides from Bustle, Oprah.com, PureWow, and USA TODAY An instant New York Times bestseller, The Woman in Cabin 10 is a gripping psychological thriller set at sea from an … New York Times bestseller, The Woman in Cabin 10 is a gripping psychological thriller set at sea from an essential mystery writer in the tradition of Agatha Christie.
In this tightly wound, enthralling story reminiscent of Agatha Christie’s works, Lo Blacklock, a journalist who writes for a travel magazine, has just been given the assignment of a lifetime: a week on a luxury cruise with only a handful of cabins. The sky is clear, the waters calm, and the veneered, select guests jovial as the exclusive cruise ship, the Aurora, begins her voyage in the picturesque North Sea. At first, Lo’s stay is nothing but pleasant: the cabins are plush, the dinner parties are sparkling, and the guests are elegant. But as the week wears on, frigid winds whip the deck, gray skies fall, and Lo witnesses what she can only describe as a dark and terrifying nightmare: a woman being thrown overboard. The problem? All passengers remain accounted for–and so, the ship sails on as if nothing has happened, despite Lo’s desperate attempts to convey that something (or someone) has gone terribly, terribly wrong…
With surprising twists, spine-tingling turns, and a setting that proves as uncomfortably claustrophobic as it is eerily beautiful, Ruth Ware offers up another taut and intense read in The Woman in Cabin 10–one that will leave even the most sure-footed reader restlessly uneasy long after the last page is turned.
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Ruth Ware has given us a fast-paced, thriller-mystery in The Woman in Cabin 10. I have to admit that it kept me guessing until the very last sentence and I found the ending to be satisfying. Truly it reads a lot like an Agatha Christie novel with the young investigator thoroughly shaking down each of the suspects. The only negative, to me, is I found Lo, the main character to be a bit annoying. She tended to be overly dramatic and unsubtle. Otherwise, a good, quick read, typical of the genre.
This is a good mystery/thriller. The writer’s English, so it has that slightly different feel from an American author. It’s about a young woman travel writer who takes a work trip aboard a luxury liner and what happens to her. There’s alot of psychological thrills, with twists and turns. I did find the one chapter where there’s an online chat sort of weird, as it seems to point to an obvious bad guy for no apparent reason, but I do recommend this book. I’ll be buying her first book because I liked this one.
A lot of twists. Very good book. I could see her escape like it was on a movie screen. Very thrilling.
Unstoppable. Completely unexpected. Thankyou Ruth Ware and Simon and Schuster!
Great book, made you wonder who was crazy.
Very exciting and suspenseful read Thoroughly enjoyed it
This book was so gripping. I couldn’t put it down!
Waste of paper/waste of time. After 80 pages I care less about the main character than I did on the first page.
Intriguing thriller/mystery. None of your descriptive word choices above actually apply.
Twist and twist again. Good read.
A fun mystery—less satisfying than some, but the imagery and setting made up for some of the less compelling story lines.
I’m not into horror, but suspense I can do!
This book was good, but not as good as Ware’s first book. I’m not really into this new trend of having all the female leads be alcoholics, so the fact that this chick gets drunk all the time on top of taking anti-depressants or anti-anxiety meds was off putting to me. Also, the twist wasn’t really shocking and I pretty much guessed it half-way through.
It is an easy read, I think I finished it in like 2 weeks, and if you liked her first book In a dark, dark wood, I would definitely check this one out.