When I read her book The Woman in Cabin 10 I knew she was now one of my favorite thriller writers and reading In a Dark, Dark Wood with my book club did not disappoint at all. I will say that with full disclosure intent. Is this a chance for Nora to finally put her past behind her?Īnd in the dark, dark house there was a dark, dark room Until, out of the blue, an invitation to Clare’s hen do arrives. Not since Nora walked out of school one day and never went back.

Thanks to NetGalley and the publisher for my review copy.Nora hasn’t seen Clare for ten years. While predictable at times (I did guess the murderer early on), the novel is a well written thriller/whodunit, typical of what I have come to expect from Ruth Ware. While the ending is a bit silly (the ski chase?), overall, I enjoyed this story. Both are enjoyable overall, yet it is difficult to form connections with most of the other characters as we learn very little about their actual backgrounds. The story is narrated by Liz (former Snoop employee and now share holder with the deciding vote on the company’s sale) and Erin (Chalet manager with a mysterious past). Speaking of characters – there are a lot of of them in this novel to keep track of and they are introduced in quick succession (a flow chart would be helpful). The sense of helplessness and fear are palpable and the reader becomes transported to the chalet themselves, trapped in the dark, hoping for salvation.

There is no service, no technology and no electricity. In the instance of One By One, it is a beautiful mountainside chalet in the Alps, high above civilization, when a massive snow storm and accompanying avalanche strike.

Most follow the same premise – a group of characters, isolated from the rest of the world at the mercy of a killer. Ruth Ware always does an excellent job creating atmosphere in her novels.

When an avalanche cuts the chalet off from help, and one board member goes missing in the snow, the group is forced to ask – would someone resort to murder, to get what they want? The clock is ticking on the offer, and with the group irrevocably split, tensions are running high. At stake is a billion-dollar dot com buyout that could make them all millionaires, or leave some of them out in the cold. Snow is falling in the exclusive alpine ski resort of Saint Antoine, as the shareholders and directors of gather for a make or break corporate retreat to decide the future of the company.

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