She’s surprised that her neighbor appears to be a young woman wearing ratty clothes. On the first evening of the cruise, Lo asks her neighbor to borrow some mascara before the big welcome dinner. She has been slow in moving forward with their relationship, while Judah has been patient and turned down a job opportunity in New York in order to stay with her in England. Despite all this, she is determined not to miss a big work opportunity of covering a brand new Norwegian cruise aboard the luxury yacht, Aurora for the travel magazine Velocity.īefore leaving for the work assignment, Lo and her boyfriend Judah argue. She manages to escape but is traumatized, suffering from PTSD and prescribed antidepressants to help with the anxiety.

The novel begins with Lo Blacklock trapped in her bedroom as a burglar ransacks her apartment in London, England.

Written by people who wish to remain anonymous We are thankful for their contributions and encourage you to make your own. With surprising twists, spine-tingling turns, and a setting that proves as uncomfortably claustrophobic as it is eerily beautiful, Ruth Ware offers up another taut and intense read in The Woman in Cabin 10-one that will leave even the most sure-footed reader restlessly uneasy long after the last page is turned.These notes were contributed by members of the GradeSaver community.

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… 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. At first, Lo’s stay is nothing but pleasant: the cabins are plush, the dinner parties are sparkling, and the guests are elegant. 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. 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. From New York Times bestselling author of the 'twisty-mystery' (Vulture) novel In a Dark, Dark Wood, comes The Woman in Cabin 10, an equally suspenseful and haunting novel from Ruth Ware-this time, set at sea.

The Woman in Cabin 10 by Ruth Ware