One by One: The snowy new thriller from the queen of the modern-day murder mystery

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I am a fan of Ms. Ware’s writing and I was highly anticipating this novel. What I have truly realized with this book is that Ms. Ware always has “something” that will turn a novel around and make you second guess where you think the plot is going, Soon, the chalet is closed down, and Snoop is shut down and goes into bankruptcy. The book ends with Danny telling Erin about a new app, called Choon (which is basically just like Snoop, but with a different name).

Wilson, Laura (22 August 2015). "The best recent crime novels – review roundup". the Guardian . Retrieved 14 March 2018.Erin pretends to drink the tea and escapes on skis (since she can't walk/run). Liz follows. Erin travels down a difficult, hidden path, and Liz is killed trying to follow after her. Erin is soon rescued. This was a great 'who done it' in classic Ruth Ware mode. She was able to weave a tale that left me guessing to the end. (Though Susanne had it figured out right away). I really enjoyed the enveloping atmosphere throughout this novel. I truly felt alone and isolated in the snowy mountainside along with these characters. The mystery and suspense was consistent and engaging throughout. I questioned every characters’ intention at one point or another.

I really like the snowy chalet setting in the French Alps as it provides a winter wonderland atmosphere to some chilly exchanges between the characters. Initially, Erin’s views of the guests is the most interesting as her perceptive observations give an insight into strained relations and divisions among the Snoop group and at this stage there is plenty of tension. There is a lot of clique intrigue too and a puzzle as to why dowdy Liz is there. Once things start to go ‘wrong’ it has the feel of an Agatha Christie novel although sadly not one of the queen of crimes best. I rarely have a problem remembering large casts of characters but, in this case, only the two protagonists, were well developed, so I HAD to distinguish the others by their role in SNOOP. FIVE SHAREHOLDERS and FIVE EMPLOYEES from SNOOP are traveling to a ski chalet in the FRENCH ALPs, to discuss the future of the company. I had put off reading this book for so long… and truly now that I’ve finished all I can ask myself is why did I wait so long!💁🏻‍♀️As you can tell this was a winner for me! The short chapters that alternated between the two POV's were just what I wanted! Something about a Ruth Ware book, just makes me feel like I am right at home, every time I delve into them.

Erin and Liz are both used to being outsiders. Why do you think the author chose these two characters be the ones to tell this story? What do you think the experience would look like through Danny’s eyes? What about Eva’s or Topher’s perspectives? Snoop is a popular music app that everyone has on their phone, and their young, hip and beautiful executive team are taking a team ski vacation in the French Alps together. There’s one woman who doesn’t quite fit in with them, Liz, and it turns out she’s a shareholder that may or may not be against their impending buyout, so Snoop’s founders are playing tug-of-war with Liz’s attentions. Aside from Liz’s first- person perspective, every alternating chapter is written from Erin’s perspective, one of the two chalet employees who’s got some secrets of her own. When an unexpected avalanche explodes down the mountain and cuts off power to the building, this triggers more than just panic, because every few hours a new Snoop team member is found dead. The suspect list is limited because the chalet is so isolated, but everyone seems to have their own motives, so figuring out who is the murderer isn’t as simple as it seems. The plot is a modern version of Agatha Christie’s famous story And Then There Were None, and there’s a wonderful mixture of natural and human-caused danger in this, Ware’s sixth novel. The Woman in Cabin 10." Simon & Schuster, www.simonandschuster.com/books/The-Woman-in-Cabin-10/RuthWare/9781501132933. Accessed 8 Nov. 2017. In her crime books, Ware's writing style is often compared to that of Agatha Christie. [4] [5] Ware has said that some aspects of her writing are directly inspired by Christie. [6] Ware's protagonists are usually ordinary women who find themselves in dangerous situations involving a crime. The first two of Ware's novels feature a murder mystery with a group of people trapped, or otherwise restricted from immediately escaping the dangerous environment. Christie was famously known for utilizing this plot device, in novels such as Murder on the Orient Express. [7] Ware and Christie both choose settings and situations that foster the sense of dread that propels their characters to paranoia and often they react violently as a result. These environments create a sense of isolation for the events to unfold in. [8] Ware's settings play a key role in drawing in the reader and are as essential and integral to her story as the characters. Something else Ware does in each of her novels is write from a female perspective. I’m struggling to think of one book that is written in the voice of a man, and I don’t think she has one. The psychological thriller genre seems overrun by female voices these days; writers and characters alike. I wonder if there are any male readers out there that adore Ruth Ware like her devoted female fan base? I’m not sure what makes this new take on the thriller genre popular for women, but ever since Gone Girl, there seems to be no shortage of these female-centric suspense novels.

Synopsis

Many people almost uncover the murderer before they are also killed. Discuss how each character found out who the murderer was. How did the killer find out that they knew?

Did you guess the killer was Liz? I always thought Liz did it – I had my eye on her from the beginning, as she was so mousy and timid. The other person on my list was Erin. I thought she might have been getting revenge for her brother and boyfriend’s deaths (but that was wrong!) A tasty, if not always tasteful, tale of supernatural mayhem that fans of King and Crichton alike will enjoy.The sense of dread deepens as the snow falls in Ruth Ware's tensely plotted and deliciously cast alpine thriller' Louise Candlish, bestselling author of Our House The killer of the book waves us to see him/ her, wearing a t-shirt emblazoned those words: “ I have a great body, it’s in my trunk”: On a related note, the “Snoop stats” as well as the sheer volume of characters would make this a really tough audiobook to listen to, in my opinion. (Believe me, I tried and gave up!) I’m so glad I gave the physical book a second chance, and that’s how I recommend you read it too. A whodunnit mystery turned thriller near the end!! This was my first time reading Ruth Ware. She definitely made a new fan out of me with this one. I was blown away. This was absolutely so much fun to read, satisfyingly intense and I did not want it to end.