One by One

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Product Details
Price
$17.99  $16.73
Publisher
Gallery/Scout Press
Publish Date
Pages
384
Dimensions
5.3 X 8.25 X 1.0 inches | 0.65 pounds
Language
English
Type
Paperback
EAN/UPC
9781501188824

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About the Author
Ruth Ware worked as a waitress, a bookseller, a teacher of English as a foreign language, and a press officer before settling down as a full-time writer. She now lives with her family in Sussex, on the south coast of England. She is the #1 New York Times and Globe and Mail (Toronto) bestselling author of 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; The It Girl; Zero Days; and One Perfect Couple. Visit her at RuthWare.com or follow her on socials @RuthWareWriter.
Reviews
PRAISE FOR ONE BY ONE

"[Ware] sets the bar higher in One By One by burying her principal players in an Alpine chalet beneath an avalanche. . . . Readers will recognize the obvious homage to Agatha Christie's And Then There Were None, but with enough ingenious twists to make this whodunit another triumph for Ware."
--The New York Times Book Review

"Not only do Ware's novels wink at Christie in a saucy way, but Ware herself is turning out to be as ingenious and indefatigable as the Queen of Crime."
--Maureen Corrigan, The Washington Post

"A claustrophobic spine-tingler."
--People, "Best Books of Fall 2020"

"Ware manages to make a retreat in a chalet in the wide-open French Alps feel claustrophobic, nerve-wracking and deadly... The author's choice of telling the story in dueling narratives - Liz, a former Snoop employee who was invited to join in the retreat; and Erin, one of the chalet's two staff members - enhances the steadily escalating pace of the book."
--USA Today

"Especially timely, given that the terror of isolation is at its heart... This is And Then There Were None rendered for the twenty-first century."
--Booklist (starred review)

"Ruth Ware is often described as the new Agatha Christie . . . [S]he is a revitalizer, bringing the genre to a new audience with her modern preoccupations and addictive style."
--Air Mail

"Tempestuous . . . [a] claustrophobic, adrenaline-fueled cat-and-mouse game."
--Publishers Weekly

"Ware's gifts for characterization, plot, and pacing shine here... Ware's fans will devour this in a sitting."
--Library Journal (starred review)

"Hilarious, well plotted, and vintage Ware, this one is not to be missed."
--CrimeReads

"Ruth Ware's Hitchcockian thrillers have yet to disappoint."
--PopSugar

"Ware does what she does best: Gives us a familiar locked-door mystery setup and lets the tension and suspicion marinate until they reach fever pitch. Another win for Ware... Simply masterful."
--Kirkus

"The Turn of the Key was not her first book, but its sweep of starred reviews and awards sets up One by One to be a most anticipated thriller of 2020."
--Library Journal

"Read this back to back with Christie's And Then There Were None, and you will witness the evolution of a literary form over the space of eight decades as Ware proves she's more than deserving of all those comparisons to the Queen of Crime."
--BookPage

"A gripping thriller that shows how toxic workplace culture can get and will keep you guessing through the very last page."
--Good Housekeeping

"Ware has quickly earned herself a place atop the psychological thriller world in recent years, and One by One, which brings in elements of the traditional mystery, is an exciting new addition to her body of work."
--CrimeReads, "Most Anticipated Crime Books of 2020"

PRAISE FOR RUTH WARE

"The Agatha Christie of our generation."
--David Baldacci, #1 New York Times bestselling author

"A superb suspense writer . . . Brava, Ruth Ware."
--Fresh Air's Maureen Corrigan for The Washington Post

"Diabolically clever."
--Riley Sager, author of Final Girls

"Ruth Ware--one of our favorite thriller writers--is bringing down the house . . ."
--theSkimm

"Ruth Ware proves she's the true heir to Wilkie Collins. Creepy, engrossing, and oh-so-hard to put down."
--JP Delaney, New York Times bestselling author of The Girl Before

"Pure suspense, from the first gripping page to the last shocking twist."
--Erin Kelly, bestselling author of He Said/She Said

"Ware skillfully lays the bread crumbs to the novel's satisfying conclusion... [that] leaves readers with one final, haunting question, one that will stay with them long after they turn the last page."
-Publishers Weekly, starred review

"Ware hits another one out of the park. Fans of hers or anyone with a taste for the disturbing will stay up late devouring this."
--Library Journal, starred review

"Ware at her eerie best."
--Newsweek

"A superb suspense writer... Ware is a master at signaling the presence of evil at the most mundane moments..."
--Washington Post Book World

"The definition of 'unputdownable'..."
--Refinery29

"A great modern whodunit!"
--New York Post

"Haunting and absurdly suspenseful."
--PureWow

"Ware's propulsive prose keeps readers on the hook and refuses to let anyone off until all has been revealed."
--Shelf Awareness