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. At first, Lo's stay is nothing but pleasant: the cabins are plush, the dinner parties are sparkling, and the guests are elegant.

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. 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. Though it seems she got away with the crime quite comfortably.'From New York Times bestselling author of the 'twisty-mystery' (Vulture) novel In a Dark, Dark Wood, comes The Woman in Cabin 10, an equally suspenseful and haunting novel from Ruth Ware-this time, set at sea.

Still, it was a huge risk for Carrie to take to leave a witness might have been the preferable option, though, than leaving 3 dead bodies in her wake. unless it's to corroborate her story in which she (Carrie) is the victim and she was just 'defending herself' against Richard, who intended to kill her all along. From New York Times bestselling author Ruth Ware comes The Woman in Cabin 10, a suspenseful and haunting novel set at sea. But then wouldn't she have found a way for Richard to handle the body and leave her 'innocent' so that if they got caught she could claim she had no idea what Richard was planning? And it still doesn't answer why she let Lo go in the end. The pace picks up and grows until you are sure it has reached the climax, but NO, there are more daunting challenges ahead. It starts a bit slow, but allows the reader to gain some understanding of the protagonist, Lo. 'The Woman in Cabin 10' is nothing like an Agatha Christie novel. All of her crocodile tears and 'But I know he loves me' b.s. 4/5: Someone called Ruth Ware the new Agatha Christie. Whether she or Richard had the idea to off Anne, she decided to off Richard way in advance of it happening. Seems like Carrie was the mastermind just based on the Tiggers bounce note. Seems like Carrie was the mastermind just based on the Tigg Had planned that some nosy journalist would pick up the story and start digging? Could be. Climax: The woman from Cabin 10 knocks on Lo Blacklock’s door, revealing that she is still alive after all. Though unharmed, she ends up locked in her own room for several hours.

Days before departing on a luxury cruise for work, travel journalist Lo Blacklock is the victim of a break-in.

Kelly Had planned that some nosy journalist would pick up the story and start digging? Could be. Setting: The luxury yacht Aurora, on the North Sea. Ware ( In A Dark, Dark Wood, 2015) offers up a classic paranoid woman story with a modern twist in this tense, claustrophobic mystery.

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