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The Woman in Cabin 10: The unputdownable thriller from the Sunday Times bestselling author of The IT Girl Kindle Edition

by Ruth Ware (Author) Format: Kindle Edition
3.9 out of 5 stars 51,527 ratings

*SOON TO BE A MAJOR NETFLIX SERIES, STARRING KEIRA KNIGHTLEY*

'Reads like Agatha Christie got together with Paula Hawkins to crowdsource a really fun thriller' Stylist

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...
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' 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

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The Woman in Cabin 10 is an edge-of-your-seat thriller full of great characters and twists -- Reese Witherspoon

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 ― Sunday Times

A rollicking page-turner that reads like Agatha Christie got together with Paula Hawkins to crowdsource a really fun thriller ― Stylist

Agatha Christie meets The Girl on the Train in this stupendously good read… Scary and unsettling, it’s edge-of-your-seat stuff ― Sun on Sunday

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

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Ruth Ware grew up in Lewes, in Sussex. She has worked as a waitress, a bookseller, a teacher of English as a foreign language and a press officer, and now lives in North London with her family. Her début thriller, In a Dark, Dark Wood, was a Sunday Times and New York Times bestseller, and has been optioned for film by New Line Cinema. The follow up, The Woman in Cabin Ten, is out 30th June, and she is currently working on her third psychological thriller, The Lying Game.

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  • Publisher ‏ : ‎ Vintage Digital (30 Jun. 2016)
  • Language ‏ : ‎ English
  • File size ‏ : ‎ 3.7 MB
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Ruth Ware is an international number one bestseller. Her thrillers 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 and The It Girl have appeared on bestseller lists around the world, including the Sunday Times and New York Times, and she is published in more than 40 languages. She lives on the south coast of England, with her family.

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Customers find the book addictive and describe it as a compulsive read from cover to cover, with one noting it's a brilliant summer read. The plot receives mixed reactions - while some praise its suspense-building techniques, others find the ending unrealistic. Character development is also mixed, with some appreciating the protagonist's development while others find the main character self-absorbed. The mystery content keeps readers guessing until the end, though some find it predictable. The pacing receives mixed feedback, with some praising its quick pace while others find it slow and tedious.

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255 customers mention ‘Readability’191 positive64 negative

Customers find the book highly readable, describing it as an addictive and compulsive read from cover to cover, with one customer noting it's a brilliant summer read.

"...Come on, that’s clever writing...." Read more

"...I found the author was hugely successful at communicating Lo’s raw emotions particularly her sheer desperation throughout the novel...." Read more

"...have her live at his and the break-in she suffers is gripping and tensely written. However, once she gets onto the boat, the pace changes...." Read more

"...I would say that the book was a bit unrealistic overall, however...." Read more

39 customers mention ‘Page turner’39 positive0 negative

Customers describe this book as a definite page turner with a good concept that keeps readers engaged.

"...So, a decent idea hampered by a saggy middle and a potentially gripping mystery hampered by a not-particularly-sympathetic heroine...." Read more

"This is the third book by Ruth Ware I have read and I continue to enjoy her work...." Read more

"...of this psychological thrilker.its plot was well thought out and expertly executed and the inclusion of chapters that were not from the protagonists..." Read more

"The basic idea for this book was interesting but the plot was secondary to the lead character...." Read more

218 customers mention ‘Plot’152 positive66 negative

Customers have mixed opinions about the plot of the book, with some finding it engaging and skillfully building suspense, while others note that the ending is overly complicated and unrealistic.

"...She had to get through the night suspecting everybody. The tension was excellent and during the escape scenes, I felt time running out and..." Read more

"...Simultaneously it felt claustrophobic and as a result very intense, which was in keeping with the emotional and mental suffering of the main..." Read more

"...at once and it took me a while to place them all, the plot gets very Agatha Christie (not a bad thing) though Lo becomes a bit wet and whiny..." Read more

"...This is a fantastic fast-paced murder mystery, and you will be kept on the very edge of your seat the whole time, rooting for Lo and other..." Read more

79 customers mention ‘Character development’28 positive51 negative

Customers have mixed opinions about the character development in the book, with some finding them great and appreciating how the author makes readers care about the protagonist, while others find the main character unlikable and criticize the abundance of characters and red herrings.

"...The male characters in particular were cliches. But the insufferable ‘Lo’ just ruined it all anyway...." Read more

"...’s actually Laura and it does get annoying after a while - was a decent character, trapped in a dead-end spiral and a grubby little flat, though her..." Read more

"...A couple of minor things bothered me like characters who weren’t well fleshed out and some scenes unnecessarily drawn out but overall a quick read I..." Read more

"...The plot had millions of holes in it and the characters were one dimensional and the main protagonist was really dislikable and intensely annoying...." Read more

36 customers mention ‘Mystery content’20 positive16 negative

Customers have mixed opinions about the mystery content of the book, with some saying it kept them guessing to the end while others found it predictable.

"...It keeps you guessing throughout with various twists and turns...." Read more

"...fully captured all identities of people on the ship, various motives were not really explored...." Read more

"...as you discover more and more about what has happened and who Lo can and cannot trust...." Read more

"This is one of those books that starts and ends OK but has a lot of filler, or as in this case muddle, in between...." Read more

35 customers mention ‘Pace’22 positive13 negative

Customers have mixed opinions about the book's pace, with some finding it quick while others describe it as rather slow.

"...fleshed out and some scenes unnecessarily drawn out but overall a quick read I enjoyed" Read more

"...However, once she gets onto the boat, the pace changes...." Read more

"...the story goes on the book gets better and better and there are very few slow points...." Read more

"Quirky pacy and intriguing plot. Keeps you guessing without too many silly red herrings Enjoyed the audiobook too. Well read" Read more

19 customers mention ‘Start time’11 positive8 negative

Customers have mixed opinions about the book's start time, with some finding it had them hooked straightaway while others describe it as tedious at times.

"...All starts of well onboard, with just a handful of luxury cabins, but when Lo think she witnesses a woman being thrown overboard, the cruise takes..." Read more

"...fails to realise it – The Woman in Cabin 10 is an immensely tedious chore to slog through." Read more

"...It starts straight away into the action and you are transported there thanks to Ruth's rich descriptive and atmospheric writing, you can really..." Read more

"...of claustrophobia was the writer's intention but there was a lot of tedious interaction and a feeling that nothing much was happening...." Read more

26 customers mention ‘Pacing’4 positive22 negative

Customers find the pacing of the book intensely annoying and very dragged out.

"...Whilst she was dislikable, I sometimes think that it is good for the main characters in books to be like this...." Read more

"...Although some of the phrasing is clunky and unintentionally funny (see above) the book is well-written and the main plot was good but the ending..." Read more

"...I can see why, she is a bit whiny and annoying but I really didn't think she was too bad...." Read more

"...dimensional and the main protagonist was really dislikable and intensely annoying. That said, I did finish it...." Read more

Ruth Ware has a very skilful way of building suspense while developing a storyline.
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Ruth Ware has a very skilful way of building suspense while developing a storyline.
This is the third book by Ruth Ware I have read and I continue to enjoy her work. This one was a little slower to hook me and reel me in than the previous two ("The Turn of the Key" & "In a Dark Dark Wood"), but it managed to eventually and was ultimately another very enjoyable read. Once again there are Christie-esque elements to to Ruth Ware plotting and style. There is a definite nod to Christie's "Death on the Nile" in this one and if you throw a bit of Hitchcock's "The Lady Vanishes" into the mix too, then you will get the general idea. Other reviewers have made understandable comparisons to Paula Hawkins' "The Girl on the Train" as well. This might not be Ruth Ware's most original concept for a story, but she has a very skilful way of building suspense while developing a storyline and taking the reader along with her.
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  • Kindle Customer
    5.0 out of 5 stars I think it's worth a 5
    Reviewed in the United Kingdom on 27 October 2020
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    This book has received some very unkind later reviews on Amazonuk, I don’t understand why. I enjoyed it and am giving it an 8 out of 10. Yes, the main character was obsessed with sleep deprivation, and the point was hammered home a tad as she tended towards whining, but I didn’t find her unlikeable. I agree that the author described the lavish cliché’ of the cruise boat’s (too small to be a ship) decor—but if you choose to set your story on a cruiser, surely you have to describe the experience. I loved it and lived vicariously through the description—until it turned nasty, by which point I felt her claustrophobia. I found myself taking more air into my lungs in the confined areas. Come on, that’s clever writing. What I don’t understand is why the author would choose not to capitalise her name on the cover, is it a humility marketing ploy? I afford Ms Ware the luxury of capitalisation, she deserves it. What I loved about this book was the realisation of hopelessness when you are a target on a small boat/ship in the middle of the North Sea. There was no possibility of escape until the boat docked. She had to get through the night suspecting everybody. The tension was excellent and during the escape scenes, I felt time running out and experienced a level of stress and quickening of my reading before the engine re-started. No Spoilers, did she make it off, or did she run out of time? The purpose of the cruise was to see the Northern Lights, I would like the author to have made more of them, by the time we got a glimpse we were hard in the action, and it was glossed over with hardly a mention. I’d been a prisoner in an under-sea-level cabin for three days and was still in terrible danger, but I wanted to see the sky. I recommend this book, I thought it was a cracker and does exactly what it says on the thriller can. Loved it.
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  • Sara's Book Blog
    4.0 out of 5 stars I absolutely adored the aforementioned choice of setting by the author – I felt like it was completely unique to anything I’d re
    Reviewed in the United Kingdom on 3 August 2016
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    I read The Woman in Cabin 10 before I read Ruth Ware’s first novel, In A Dark, Dark Wood despite the fact that her first release had been on my TBR pile for about a year! Anyway I was drawn to The Woman in Cabin 10 because of the cruise setting and the fact that I’d been on my first cruise last year so I was rather intrigued and felt that the backdrop was familiar and of particular interest to me.

    I absolutely adored the aforementioned choice of setting by the author – I felt like it was completely unique to anything I’d read before. Simultaneously it felt claustrophobic and as a result very intense, which was in keeping with the emotional and mental suffering of the main protagonist Lo, glamorous and the novel has a brilliant Agatha Christie feel to it in the way that it was of a similar format to a good old fashioned Golden Age mystery novel featuring just a limited number of characters in a restricted environment, almost a tight knit Whodunnit! I found that this also meant the reader got to know the characters in a bit more detail than usual throughout a novel and therefore there was less need to flick back to remind oneself of who was who as the novel progresses.

    I didn’t find that the plot was overly complex and for me there was no grand shock twist but that didn’t mean the novel any less. In fact I revelled in the simplicity of the novel and the fixed number of characters even more.

    I found the author was hugely successful at communicating Lo’s raw emotions particularly her sheer desperation throughout the novel. I was gritting my teeth and squirming with the chief protagonist as events untangled.

    This is a very easy novel to read and yet regardless of this I found it to be gripping and enthralling. I would definitely recommend this novel to anyone who is a fan of Agatha Christie and other old fashioned crime fiction novelists as The Woman in Cabin 10 is refreshingly reminiscent of this genre of novel.

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  • Mark West
    3.0 out of 5 stars Decent
    Reviewed in the United Kingdom on 20 July 2017
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    Lo Blacklock, a struggling travel journalist, gets the chance to attend a luxury press launch on a boutique cruise ship sailing in Norway. Traumatised by a recent break-in, she goes but is woken in the night by screams. She sees a body thrown overboard from the next door cabin but the ships records show it was never occupied and no passengers are missing from the boat. Mentally exhausted and emotional, Lo must face up to the fact that she made a mistake - or believe she’s trapped on a boat with a murderer.
    I had high hopes for this, having thoroughly enjoyed “In A Dark, Dark Wood” last year and at first I wasn’t disappointed. Lo - her name’s actually Laura and it does get annoying after a while - was a decent character, trapped in a dead-end spiral and a grubby little flat, though her American boyfriend Judah (odd names in this) seemed perfectly pleasant and willing to have her live at his and the break-in she suffers is gripping and tensely written. However, once she gets onto the boat, the pace changes. Too many characters are introduced at once and it took me a while to place them all, the plot gets very Agatha Christie (not a bad thing) though Lo becomes a bit wet and whiny (a bad thing) and, worse, I had trouble visualising the boat itself. The Aurora Borealis, owned by Lord Bullmer - industrialist and husband to a multi-millionaire cancer sufferer - is called small by everyone who mentions it yet it has ten luxury cabins, a deck for entertaining, a below-deck area for the crew and a hold. How big is small? The pace does sag in the middle as Lo begins to investigate but she blurts out her story to anyone who’ll listen, so very soon most people on the boat know what she said she saw. When the twist does finally kick in - and it was a surprise - we then tumble into the third act which involves another slow patch before the proper ending, which actually felt a bit rushed. So, a decent idea hampered by a saggy middle and a potentially gripping mystery hampered by a not-particularly-sympathetic heroine. Not a bad read, at all, but not the book I’d advise you to start reading Ms Ware with (“In A Dark, Dark Wood” is much better).
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  • Andrew Blunden
    4.0 out of 5 stars When an Agatha Christie mystery meets an Alfred Hitchcock thriller.
    Reviewed in Australia on 6 February 2020
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    “The Woman In Cabin 10” (TWIC10) thrilling psychological whodunnit and is the second novel by Ruth Ware (read on Kindle).

    What do you do when you’re sure you’ve witnessed a murder on a small luxury cruiser...but all of the passengers have been accounted for and no one believes you? This is the fate of travel writer Laura “Lo” Blacklock who’s dream assignment has turned into her worst nightmare. With past traumas haunting her Lo has to battle inner demons as she is in her own in trying to get to the truth of what happened.

    As in her first novel Ware has set her book in a remote locale (a cruise ship in the middle of the North Sea) and taken her protagonist on a psychological roller coaster.

    TWIC10 has an interesting array of characters, a well used but excellently executed plot line that leaves the reader unsure of many characters fates until the end (the use of “future” events interspersed with the story’s narrative helps build the uncertainty) and a constant pace that doesn’t let up.

    If there is one minor gripe however is that the main character does tend to repeat herself and her thoughts throughout the book without really adding to the story.

    Overall though TWIC10 is a solid follow up novel which shows that Ruth Ware is a talented story teller and I’m looking forward to reading more of her books.

    With the feel of an Agatha Christie murder mystery with the essence of a Hitchcock thriller TWIC10 gets 3.5 mysterious murder victims out of 5.
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  • Andrés González
    5.0 out of 5 stars SEGURO Y MUY RÁPIDO.
    Reviewed in Spain on 22 December 2018
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    Vendedor seguro y muy rápido. Conforme a las especificaciones. Cinco estrellas.
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  • Amazon Customer
    4.0 out of 5 stars Nothing fancy, just a good classic mystery
    Reviewed in Canada on 7 September 2020
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    This story had a really interesting premise. It reminds me of an Agatha Christie story, of which I have read many, where all the suspects are trapped together in a certain location (in this case a ship) where a crime may or may not have occurred. Even the ending reminds me of some Christie tropes.

    However, this does not have quite the same meticulously crafted plotline like one of the classics. At numerous points it stretches the limit of believability, and some parts of the mystery are a bit predictable for those familiar with the genre. That is not to say that classic mysteries did not also stretch the limits sometimes, but I think part of the issue is that these tropes are a bit harder to forgive in a mystery set today, where access to technology makes some events and situations less credible.

    Despite these grievances, I still very much enjoyed reading this book, which is the whole point in the end. There was definitely suspense, and I enjoyed the part at the end of each chapter jumping forward in time through news reports and internet communications. So all together, I would recommend this as a fun read, just don’t expect a literary masterpiece.
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  • Karine D.
    2.0 out of 5 stars Could have been a 5 star read
    Reviewed in the Netherlands on 29 September 2021
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    fter thouroughly enjoying In a Dark, Dark Wood and The Turn of the Key, I had high expectations for Cabin. And there is a very good story in here, but it is buried under a magnitude of characters, none of them likeable. The protagonist, Lo Blacklock, is a reporter for a travel magazine, and thus you would expect to encounter an intelligent, professional and articulate woman. Lo however seems to be stumbling everywhere, either drunk or seasick, incoherent, obnoxious and hysterical. She makes all the wrong and stupid decisions one could make and halfway I was hoping she would just fall of the railing, leaving the story to be told through another character. No such luck.
    It's a pity because with a more likeable persona and fixing a few holes in the story, this could have been a 5 star read, now 2,5 at most.
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  • R. Kretchman
    5.0 out of 5 stars Thrilling and claustrophobic mystery
    Reviewed in the United States on 9 May 2024
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    "The Woman in Cabin 10" by Ruth Ware is a thrilling, claustrophobic mystery that masterfully plays on the fears of isolation and entrapment. Set aboard a luxury cruise ship, the story follows Lo Blacklock, a journalist who believes she witnesses a murder in the cabin next door. However, all evidence suggests that nothing untoward has happened, plunging Lo—and the reader—into a deep sea of paranoia and suspense.

    Ware's narrative is tight and fast-paced, evoking a palpable sense of dread that builds with each twist and turn of the ship and plot. The confined setting of the cruise ship adds a layer of intensity, making the story not only a mystery but also an exploration of the protagonist's psyche as she grapples with her own anxiety and reliability as a narrator.

    Character development is a strong suit of Ware, who crafts complex personalities that are both flawed and relatable. Lo, in particular, is a compelling protagonist whose mental state provides a gripping, if sometimes frustrating, lens through which the story unfolds.

    However, the novel's resolution may leave some readers divided. While some twists are satisfyingly unforeseen, others might feel a tad contrived or overly convenient. Despite this, "The Girl in Cabin 10" remains a solid recommendation for fans of psychological thrillers, delivering suspense, intrigue, and a host of memorable moments that will linger long after the final page is turned.
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