THE SUNDAY TIMES TOP TEN BESTSELLER

SOMEONE'S GETTING MARRIED. SOMEONE'S GETTING MURDERED.

'Tense, terrifying' Clare Mackintosh

Nora hasn't seen Clare for ten years. Not since the day Nora walked out of her old life and never looked back.

Until, out of the blue, an invitation to Clare's hen party arrives. A weekend in a remote cottage - the perfect opportunity for Nora to reconnect with her best friend, to put the past behind her.

But something goes wrong.

Very wrong.

And as secrets and lies unravel, out in the dark, dark wood the past will finally catch up with Nora.
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Praise for IN A DARK, DARK WOOD:
'Genuinely chilling and totally compulsive' Sunday Mirror
'Mesmerising' Guardian
'You won't be able to put down this creepy page-turner' Closer
'Packed with suspense' Woman & Home

'I could not put this book down' Reese Witherspoon'

IT ISN'T A GAME WHEN SOMEBODY DIES

The text message arrives in the small hours of the morning: I need you.

Isa drops everything, takes her baby daughter and heads straight to Salten. She spent the most significant days of her life at boarding school on the marshes there, days which still cast their shadow over her.

Isa and her three best friends used to play the Lying Game, competing to convince people of outrageous stories. Now, after seventeen years of hiding the truth, something terrible has been found on the beach. The friends' darkest secret is about to come to light...
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Praise for THE LYING GAME:
'Atmospheric, mysterious, gripping' Marian Keyes
'Surprising twists' Daily Mail
'Another heart-stopping belter of a thriller from an epic talent' Heat
'A gripping, unpredictable narrative that shifts like sand underfoot' Erin Kelly

'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 UNMISSABLE NEW THRILLER FROM THE QUEEN OF THE MODERN-DAY MURDER MYSTERY**

Snow is falling in the exclusive alpine ski resort of Saint Antoine, as the shareholders and directors of Snoop, the hottest new music app, gather for a make or break corporate retreat to decide the future of the company. At stake is a billion-dollar dot com buyout that could make them all millionaires, or leave some of them out in the cold.

The clock is ticking on the offer, and with the group irrevocably split, tensions are running high. 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?
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PRAISE FOR RUTH WARE'S ADDICTIVE THRILLERS:

'Atmospheric and eerie with Agatha Christie vibes' Prima

'Ruth Ware just gets better and better' Lisa Jewell, author of The People Upstairs

'A dark tale by one of the best thriller writers around' Independent

'Will hold you captive until the brilliant ending' Shari Lapena, author of Someone We Know

'A real spine-chiller that confirms Ruth Ware as the true heir to Christie's crown' Erin Kelly, bestselling author of He Said, She Said
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READERS LOVE ONE BY ONE:
'I devoured this in a day...eerie and creepy' *****
'Terrifying and captivating' *****
'Had me on the edge of my seat' *****
'Utterly brilliant' *****
'Clever, chilling, addictive...a must-read!' *****
'Strong Agatha Christie vibes' *****

THEIR DREAM HOUSE WILL BECOME HER WORST NIGHTMARE

'Ruth Ware just gets better and better' Lisa Jewell, bestselling author of The Night She Disappeared

'The queen of creepy crime' Metro

When Rowan comes across the advert, it seems too good to be true: a live-in nanny position, with an extremely generous salary.

What she doesn't know is that she's stepping into a nightmare - one that will end with her in a cell awaiting trial for murder.

She knows she's made mistakes.

But she's not guilty - at least not of murder.

Which means someone else is...

THE TURN OF THE KEY IS:

'Eerie and Tense' Prima

'Deliciously dark and spooky' Sunday Mirror

'Powerfully atmospheric, unguessably twisty' Louise Candlish, bestselling author of Our House

'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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Praise for THE WOMAN IN CABIN 10:
' 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

'I read this in two lightning-quick sittings...I absolutely adored it' Lisa Jewell

HAL MUST KEEP GOING OR RISK LOSING EVERYTHING...EVEN HER LIFE.

When Harriet Westaway receives an unexpected letter telling her she's inherited a substantial bequest from her Cornish grandmother, it seems like the answer to her prayers.

There's just one problem - Hal's real grandparents died more than twenty years ago.

Hal desperately needs the cash and makes a choice that will change her life for ever. She knows that her skills as a seaside fortune teller could help her con her way to getting the money.

But once Hal embarks on her deception, there is no going back.
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Praise for THE DEATH OF MRS WESTAWAY:
'Ruth Ware's best: a dark and dramatic thriller, part murder mystery, part family drama' A. J. Finn
'Unsettling and brilliant' Heat
'[An] explosive claustrophobic family drama laced with a touch of du Maurier' Woman & Home
'Atmospheric and eerie with Agatha Christie vibes' Prima
'Highly atmospheric' The Times
'Unguessably twisty' Louise Candlish

When a barrier between truth and illusion grows stronger, a family’s trust crumbles in this arresting short story by the number one New York Times bestselling author of The Woman in Cabin 10.

Leah has spent her formative years isolated on a remote island with her family. But their quiet existence, far from the devastated mainland, is cracking. Father, sensing a coming threat, demands that a wall be built. As the stone blockade rises, Father’s paranoia escalates. So does Leah’s dread that the violence the family left behind has found its way to their sanctuary.

Ruth Ware’s Snowflakes is part of Hush, a collection of six stories, ranging from political mysteries to psychological thrillers, in which deception can be a matter of life and death. Each piece can be read or listened to in one truly chilling sitting.

READ THE OPENING CHAPTERS OF THE STUNNING NEW PSYCHOLOGICAL THRILLER FROM THE SUNDAY TIMES AND NEW YORK TIMES BESTSELLING AUTHOR OF In a Dark, Dark Wood, The Woman in Cabin 10 and The Lying Game IN THIS FREE PREVIEW.

'The Death of Mrs Westaway is Ruth Ware's best: a dark and dramatic thriller, part murder mystery, part family drama, altogether riveting' AJ FINN, bestselling author of THE WOMAN IN THE WINDOW

When Harriet Westaway receives an unexpected letter telling her she’s inherited a substantial bequest from her Cornish grandmother, it seems like the answer to her prayers. She owes money to a loan shark and the threats are getting increasingly aggressive: she needs to get her hands on some cash fast.

There's just one problem - Hal's real grandparents died more than twenty years ago. The letter has been sent to the wrong person. But Hal knows that the cold-reading techniques she’s honed as a seaside fortune teller could help her con her way to getting the money. If anyone has the skills to turn up at a stranger's funeral and claim a bequest they’re not entitled to, it’s her.

Hal makes a choice that will change her life for ever. But once she embarks on her deception, there is no going back. She must keep going or risk losing everything, even her life…

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Ein Luxus-Chalet in den französischen Alpen mitten im tiefsten Winter. Die Mitarbeiter eines erfolgreichen Social-Media-Start-ups haben sich hier eingemietet, um über das Übernahmeangebot eines großen Unternehmens zu diskutieren. Die Stimmung ist angespannt. Alle hier haben etwas zu verlieren. Und manche viel zu gewinnen. Dann beginnt das Grauen: Ein Mitglied der Gruppe nach dem anderen wird ermordet oder verschwindet. Nach einem Lawinenabgang ist das Chalet von der Außenwelt abgeschnitten, es gibt keinen Handyempfang. Der Killer muss einer der Gäste sein …

Von Ruth Ware sind bei dtv weitere spannende Thriller auf Deutsch erschienen:

»Der Tod der Mrs Westaway«

»Hinter diesen Türen«

»Wie tief ist deine Schuld«

»Woman in Cabin 10«

Es el trabajo soñado, pero puede convertirse en su peor pesadilla.

El nuevo thriller de la Agatha Christie contemporánea.

Aunque Rowan está buscando algo totalmente distinto, ese anuncio parece una oportunidad demasiado buena para dejarla escapar: un puesto de niñera con un salario increíble y alojamiento incluido. Y cuando llega a Heatherbrae House, en los bellísimos highlands de Escocia, se queda impresionada ante una casa equipada con las tecnologías más modernas y la preciosa familia de postal que vive en ella.

Lo que Rowan aún no sabe es que se está adentrando en una pesadilla, que acabará con un niño muerto y con ella en prisión acusada de asesinato.

La crítica ha dicho...
«Una magnífica escritora de suspense. [...] Ruth Ware es una maestra en señalar la presencia del mal en los momentos más cotidianos.»
The Washington Post

«Ware impregna esta novela de una espeluznante sensibilidad gótica. [...] Un relato de terror de corte clásico en un entorno tecnológico absolutamente contemporáneo.»
The New York Times Book Review

«Una impresionante saga de engaño y asesinato, con la dosis justa de complejidad.»
Entertainment Weekly

«Una inteligente y elegante actualización de Henry James. Vigilancia y casa tecnológica casan a la perfección con las convenciones del horror. [...] Una obra fascinante que apunta a una nueva realidad.»
NPR

«Ware elige un camino y despliega una sorprendente y satisfactoria sucesión de giros y revelaciones.»
Los Angeles Review of Books

«El mejor libro de Ruth Ware hasta la fecha. Diabólicamente ingenioso, complejo y escalofriante.»
The New York Times

«Soberbio.»
David Baldacci

«Uno de los mejores thrillers que se han escrito.»
The Independent

«Deliciosamente enigmático y terrorífico.»
Sunday Mirror

Abgebrannt, allein und ohne Job – mit gerade mal 22 Jahren ist Harriet Westaway, genannt Hal, am Tiefpunkt ihres Lebens. Da erhält sie überraschend Post von einem Anwalt: Ihre Großmutter soll sie in ihrem Testament bedacht haben. Hal ist sofort klar, dass es sich nur um eine Verwechslung handeln kann. Ihre finanzielle Lage ist allerdings so prekär, dass sie trotzdem nach Cornwall fährt und sich dort als die gesuchte Erbin ausgibt. Eine Entscheidung mit fatalen Folgen. Denn die Familie Westaway hat einige dunkle Geheimnisse. Und Hal bringt nicht nur so manchen wunden Punkt aus der Vergangenheit ans Licht – sie scheucht auch, ohne es zu ahnen, einen Mörder auf.