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by Ruth Ware
Reminiscent of a classic whodunit, this "pulse-quickening" (Oprah Daily) instant New York Times and USA Today bestseller follows a journalist searching for a missing woman on a cruise ship—a woman that everyone else insists doesn't exist.
Travel magazine writer Lo Blacklock has just been given the assignment of a lifetime: one week on a luxury cruise with only a handful of cabins. The sky is clear, the waters calm, and the elite guests jovial as the exclusive cruise ship, the Aurora, begins her voyage in the picturesque North Sea.
At first, Lo's voyage is perfect, with a plush cabin, elegant dinner parties, and plenty of relaxation. 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 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 a taut and intense read in The Woman in Cabin 10—proving, once again, her place as "the Agatha Christie of [her] generation" (The Washington Post).
What are you reading this week? And what did you think of last week’s books? (2/26/2026)
...books ever. This week I finally finished The Many Mothers of Dolores Moore which I liked, but it just was a little too long. I finished listening to The Woman in Cabin 10 by Ruth Ware for a book club. It was good although mysteries are not a usual genre.
-Melinda_J
What are you reading this week? (7/24/2025)
I will finish "The World's Greatest Detective & Her Just Okay Assistant" by Liza Tully later today (and recommend, especially to anyone who wants something light but not too light). Next will either be "Lloyd NcNeil's Last Ride" by Will Leitch or Ruth Ware's "Woman in Cabin 10" which I'm just now...
-Carol_Ann_Robb
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Ruth Ware worked as a waitress, a bookseller, a teacher of English as a foreign language, and a press officer before settling down as a full-time writer. She now lives with her family in Sussex, on the south coast of England. She is the #1 New York Times and Globe and Mail (Toronto) bestselling author of In a Dark, Dark Wood; The Woman in Cabin 10; The Lying Game; The Death of Mrs. Westaway; The Turn of the Key; One by One; The It Girl; Zero Days; One Perfect Couple; and The Woman in Suite 11. Visit her at RuthWare.com or follow her on socials @RuthWareWriter.
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