One by One
A taut locked-room thriller from the Sunday Times bestselling author of The Woman in Cabin 10
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A LUXURY CHALET. THE OPPORTUNITY OF A LIFETIME. BUT THEN GUESTS START TO DISAPPEAR...ONE BY ONE
Snow is falling in the exclusive alpine ski resort of Saint Antoine, as the directors of Snoop, the hottest new music app, gather for a corporate retreat to decide the future of the company.
At stake is a buyout that could make them all millionaires, or leave some of them out in the cold.
But when an avalanche cuts the chalet off from help, and guest goes missing in the snow, the group is forced to ask – is there a murderer among them?
‘Will hold you captive until the brilliant ending’ Shari Lapena
‘A dark tale by one of the best thriller writers around’ Independent
PUBLISHERS WEEKLY
Set in a remote chalet at an exclusive French Alps resort, this tempestuous locked-room mystery from Ware (The Turn of the Key) centers on the 10-person corporate retreat of social media company Snoop. Snoop's shareholders cofounders and ex-lovers Topher St. Clair-Bridges and Eva van den Berg, coder Elliot Cross, comptroller Rik Adeyemi, and former secretary Liz Owens (all millennials) bitterly disagree on whether to sell the business to investors or to seek additional funding and work toward an IPO. The group goes skiing to dispel tension, but then Eva fails to report for lunch. Before chalet employees Erin and Danny can arrange for a search, an avalanche eradicates the exit routes and knocks out power, internet, and phones. After another guest dies, the panicked survivors wonder whether there's a murderer in their midst. Liz and Erin share the narrative, which Ware rapidly cycles to accelerate pace and amplify suspense. A somewhat contrived denouement does little to diminish the thrill of this claustrophobic, adrenaline-fueled cat-and-mouse game. Agatha Christie fans take note.
