The Woman in Cabin 10
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4.0 • 3.2K Ratings
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- $12.99
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- $12.99
Publisher Description
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
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.
APPLE BOOKS REVIEW
If you have imminent plans to travel via small luxury cruise ship, you should absolutely not pack Ruth Ware’s creepy second novel. Everyone else should grab a copy as quickly as possible and then batten down the hatches for a psychological thrill ride at sea. Ware—the author of the chilling bestseller In a Dark, Dark Wood—has come up with another clever, fast-paced plot that got our hearts pounding.
PUBLISHERS WEEKLY
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. A break-in at her London flat days before her departure does little more than set up Lo as an easily startled protagonist. 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. No one, unsurprisingly, believes her, or buys her story of a mysterious woman she saw lurking on the ship hours earlier. Those expecting a Christie-style locked-room mystery at sea will be disappointed.
Customer Reviews
Decent read
This book was overall pretty decent. Not the worst, not necessarily the best. It was hard to follow at times. The beginning was tough to get into. I had to read a couple of chapters before it actually grabbed my attention. Once you actually get into it and things takeoff it gets better. There were a lot of characters to keep up with at times and found myself struggling to remember their importance and decifer who was who. A couple of plot twists along the way overall it was a decent book.
2nd Hand Exhaustion
I enjoyed the plot and the twist at the end, but I got 2nd hand exhaustion reading this. The main character is tired and intoxicated throughout most of the book, which I understand is meant to play into her unreliability, but for some reason, I thought it a little excessive. I also had a difficult time visualizing the setting, which is rare for me.
Beautifully woven story
Great twists and an ending that delivers - a throughly enjoyable read.