With the ability to tell bloody, murderous, and mysterious stories about the darkness of human nature, Ruth Ware provides readers with books that are captivating and. These adult novels will leave readers both horrified and intrigued. Agent: Eve White, Eve White Literary (U.K.). From New York Times best-selling author of the twisty-mystery (Vulture) novel In a Dark, Dark Wood comes The Woman in Cabin 10, an equally suspenseful and. Ruth Ware is the author behind the bestselling thrillers In a Dark, Dark Wood and The Woman in Cabin 10. When a dream assignment lands in her lap covering the weeklong inaugural cruise of a five-star boutique ship with just 10 swanky. Those expecting a Christie-style locked-room mystery at sea will be disappointed. Laura Blacklock is a writer for a British travel magazine. An instant 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. No one, unsurprisingly, believes her, or buys her story of a mysterious woman she saw lurking on the ship hours earlier. Included in Summer Book Guides from Bustle,, PureWow, and USA TODAY.

Everything on the Aurora is sparkly and decadent, from the chandeliers to the wealthy guests, most of whom are either fellow travel writers or investors brought on by owner Lord Richard Bullmer, but Lo is distracted from the scenery-the ship is headed for a tour of the Norwegian fjords-by her certainty that she heard the unmistakable sound of a body hitting the water from the adjacent cabin.

A break-in at her London flat days before her departure does little more than set up Lo as an easily startled protagonist. In Ware’s underwhelming sophomore mystery (after 2015’s In a Dark, Dark Wood), Laura “Lo” Blacklock thinks stepping in for her pregnant boss for a week-long jaunt on the new miniature cruise ship Aurora will give her a leg up at Velocity, the magazine where she’s toiled for years.

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