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The Woman in Cabin 10

By: Ruth Ware
Narrated by: Imogen Church
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A PASSENGER IS MISSING...BUT WAS SHE EVER ON BOARD AT ALL?

This was meant to be the perfect trip. The Northern Lights. A luxury press launch on a boutique cruise ship.

A chance for travel journalist Lo Blacklock to recover from a traumatic break-in that has left her on the verge of collapse.

Except things don't go as planned.

Woken in the night by screams, Lo rushes to her window to see a body thrown overboard from the next door cabin. But the records show that no-one ever checked into that cabin, and no passengers are missing from the boat.

Exhausted and emotional, Lo has to face the fact that she may have made a mistake - either that, or she is now trapped on a boat with a murderer...

'Reads like Agatha Christie got together with Paula Hawkins to crowdsource a really fun thriller' Stylist
' Scary and unsettling, it's' edge-of-your-seat stuff' The Sun
'A tense, moody drama set on a press trip that goes horribly wrong... a brilliantly claustrophobic setting' Sunday Times
'A twisty puzzle' Shari Lapena
'Terrifically tense' Good Housekeeping

© Ruth Ware 2016 (P) Penguin Audio 2016

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Critic reviews

Agatha Christie meets The Girl on the Train in this stupendously good read… Scary and unsettling, it’s edge-of-your-seat stuff
A tense, moody drama set on a press trip that goes horribly wrong… Ware has produced a fantastic variation on the woman-in-peril theme, with a plucky protagonist and a brilliantly claustrophobic setting (Joan Smith)
A rollicking page-turner that reads like Agatha Christie got together with Paula Hawkins to crowdsource a really fun thriller
A fantastic read. A fog-enshrouded cruise ship, a twisty puzzle of a murder mystery reminiscent of Agatha Christie, and unrelenting suspense. Batten down the hatches and prepare to read it in one sitting! (Shari Lapena, author of The Couple Next Door)
The Woman in Cabin 10 is an edge-of-your-seat thriller full of great characters and twists (Reese Witherspoon)
[It] channels Agatha Christie’s murders at sea in a satisfying contemporary direction. (Mark Lawson)
Taut and provocative
This atmospheric thriller will have you gripped
Ware's virtues are gloriously old-fashioned: an ability to combine a sense of menace with the lightness of touch...and sharp prose.
I absolutely swallowed it whole; she takes that classic golden-age premise of a locked room and turns it into something completely right for the twenty-first century (Erin Kelly)
All stars
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I've never read Ruth Ware before, I didn't know what to expect, but this novel was just too melodramatic for my taste, like a 21st century Barbara Cartland!

Perhaps I'm over reacting to the character's reaction to being burgled, but it puts the story on an uncomfortable edge which borders on irritating and over the top imaginings! So I'm probably just intolerant of the whole thing or just unsympathetic. Either way, I found it very difficult to continue to care about what happens to her. So, I gave up the struggle.

Listen to the sample - the entire book seems to be like that, before you even arrive at the story! Not my cup of tea!

Just. Too. Melodramatic!!

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This is the second book from Ruth Ware that I have listened to and again, I was surprised at how the slightly broken heroine somehow didn't annoy me and instead I found myself relating to her. I think this is partly due to good writing but also helped by an excellent narrator whose voice manages to relay the internal conflict of the lead character without making her sound whiny and annoying. While it isn't difficult to see where the plot is going from a reasonable way out, the author manages to keep you interested right to the end. Thoroughly enjoyable.

Another good listen from this author that I couldn't switch off.

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Would you listen to The Woman in Cabin 10 again? Why?

And again. This is a really exciting book. Lots of where and how's Did Lo imagine? If not then ???

What other book might you compare The Woman in Cabin 10 to, and why?

I have read other books where this situation arises, but can't think of one set on a boat.

Which scene did you most enjoy?

Can't pick out one the whole book was one great story

Was this a book you wanted to listen to all in one sitting?

Yes it was so good I lost almost a nights sleep so anxious was I to find out what happened

Any additional comments?

I gave the story 4 points because I felt the culprit was so predictable. Guessed almost right away, kept hoping I was wrong, but alas I wasn't.

One for a long jiurney

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Thoroughly enjoyed this book ... it was tense, really well written, and loved the ending. Can’t wait to read her next book.

My favourite Ruth Ware book to date

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Is the second novel by Ruth Ware that I have listened to on audible and I enjoyed it just as much as the first! (The Death of Mrs Westaway)

The story pulls you in immediately and you are left guessing and theorising right until the end - Ruth Ware is a supremely skilled storyteller!

Imogen Church is a talented performer and her range of character voices are consistent and believable.

Fans of murder mystery and detective novels would enjoy this, but worth a listen if fans of other genres too.

Absolutely brilliant!

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