Book Review: The Woman in Cabin 10 by Ruth Ware
Release Date: July 19, 2016
Publisher: Scout Press
Format: Kindle
Pages: 384 pages
Genre: Mystery/Thriller
Buy: Kindle | Paperback
Synopsis:
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…
The cruise ship is a small intimate ship that only has 10 cabins, and all starts out great until the first night when after a fabulous dinner and a lot of drinks Lo stumbles back to her cabin hoping to get some much needed rest when she is awoken by a scream. This brings back the episode that happened to her right before she left leaving her shaken. After hearing a splash she rushes to her balcony only to see something floating in the water and what looks like blood on the next door railing. Convincing someone of what she saw proves harder than she thought and her paranoia and drinking aren't helping her case. But someone is worried and keeps trying to warn her off.
Filled with twists and turns and little teasers at the end of each section that lead us down a dark path of what really happened on the boat. Interesting characters and a story line that really kept me interested and turning pages. This isn't great literature but its great fun. I think they had it right when they compare this book to Agatha Christie it definitely had that feel in a more modern package.
Very well done.
Review:
This was a great whodunit. Lo Blacklock has just had the scare of her life and is excited to get away from reality to travel on a luxury cruise for her travel magazine. She hasn't slept in days and really just needs to get away from the crazy that is her life.The cruise ship is a small intimate ship that only has 10 cabins, and all starts out great until the first night when after a fabulous dinner and a lot of drinks Lo stumbles back to her cabin hoping to get some much needed rest when she is awoken by a scream. This brings back the episode that happened to her right before she left leaving her shaken. After hearing a splash she rushes to her balcony only to see something floating in the water and what looks like blood on the next door railing. Convincing someone of what she saw proves harder than she thought and her paranoia and drinking aren't helping her case. But someone is worried and keeps trying to warn her off.
Filled with twists and turns and little teasers at the end of each section that lead us down a dark path of what really happened on the boat. Interesting characters and a story line that really kept me interested and turning pages. This isn't great literature but its great fun. I think they had it right when they compare this book to Agatha Christie it definitely had that feel in a more modern package.
Very well done.
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