Front cover of One Perfect Couple by Ruth Ware, paperback

One Perfect Couple : Your new obsession for fans of The Traitors - Ruth Ware

Ruth Ware

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  • Pages · 416 pages
  • Publication Date · 24/04/2025
  • Genre · Thriller / suspense
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Out now! The Woman in Suite 11, the follow-up to the #1�New York Times�bestselling author Ruth Ware's multi-million copy mega-hit�The Women in Cabin 10. AND THEN THERE WERE NONE�meets THE TRAITORSFive beautiful couples. One deadly game. Who will escape alive? Lyla Santiago has spent months working on a research project that could be the key to getting a permanent job in her field. So, she can't really drop everything to go to a desert island with her actor boyfriend Nico to film One Perfect Couple, a new reality TV show that Nico is sure will lead to his big break - can she?�Two weeks later, Lyla finds herself boarding a boat to an isolated luxury resort in the Indian Ocean. �The rules of the game are simple. Ten strangers have to survive together on the island - and the last couple standing scoops the prize. There will be sun, sea, laughs and plenty of flirting. What could possibly go wrong? But when a huge tropical storm cuts them off from everything, the group must band together.�As tensions run high and fresh water runs low, Lyla realises that someone is playing this game for real -�and they'll stop at nothing to win. �Ten might have arrived, but who will survive to the end?`A sun-soaked, deeply sinister and unputdownable read' Cressida McLaughlin
'The perfect "what if?" destination thriller - Agatha Christie with a Love Island twist. This is Ruth Ware at her very best'�Claire Coughlan`Ruth Ware has another winner on her hands! She so deftly sets the scene, and then the terror begins. Ware is a genius at building suspense�-�One Perfect Couple�is an absolutely compulsive read!'�Shari Lapena`A�must read . . .�another thriller from one of our best thriller writers'�Daily Mail`Tense and entertaining'�Platinum`Outstanding . . .�definitely one of this summer's most exciting reads'�Joan Smith, Sunday Times`If you're missing The Traitors, this one is for you!'�PrimaPraise for Ruth Ware:�`A rocket ride that will satisfy the biggest thriller addicts out there'�DAVID BALDACCI'Deliciously dark and utterly addictive' LUCY FOLEY�`A breathless action thriller which packs an emotional punch'�CLARE MACKINTOSH�`Hits the ground running and doesn't let up till the last chapter'�ERIN KELLY�'Every Ruth Ware novel is a unique and unexpected gem and this one is no exception. A heady, tense, slowburn dream of a book, multi-layered and steeped in atmosphere and peril. I loved every page'�LISA JEWELL'Absolutely brilliant murder mystery - seamless, flawless, perfectly clued and utterly gripping'�SOPHIE HANNAH'Impeccably crafted and totally compulsive - you'll be sad to reach the final page and realise you have to say goodbye'�JP DELANEY'Ruth Ware is in a league of her own' JACK JORDAN�

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