Ruth Ware\u2019s new thriller \u201cThe Woman in Suite 11\u201d is a sequel of sorts to her breakout hit of 2016, \u201cThe Woman in Cabin 10.\u201d Will you enjoy it more if you read the first book? Yes. Or you can wait until the Netflix version of \u201cThe Woman in Cabin 10\u201d starring Keira Knightley comes out this fall, and then read \u201cThe Woman in Suite 11.\u201d<\/p>\n
Most of the main characters who survived the first book return, led by Lo Blacklock, a decade older and raising a pair of sons in Brooklyn. She\u2019s now happily married to Judah and she wrote a book called \u201cDark Waters\u201d about her ordeal aboard the cruise ship Aurora (the plot of \u201cCabin 10\u201d). She knows motherhood won\u2019t last forever, and so when she\u2019s presented with the opportunity to rekindle her travel writing career by visiting a luxury hotel in Geneva, she jumps at the chance. The hotel is owned by a reclusive European billionaire named Marcus Leidmann, and once Lo convinces the Financial Times she can deliver a profile, it\u2019s off to Switzerland, where Ware throws the thriller switch and readers are taken on a ride across the European continent, eventually ending up in England for the story\u2019s climax.<\/p>\n
Lo\u2019s voice is the best part of the book. She\u2019s a mom now, so her sarcasm is tempered a little by maternal compassion, but she still reads like she\u2019d be a great hang. Here she is looking out the window of a car as it drives through the countryside: \u201cThe villages were almost absurdly cute, in that Swiss cuckoo-clock style of ornate wooden fretwork and sparkling paint\u2026 I half expected a nun to come running out from the trees and break into song.\u201d<\/p>\n
It\u2019s difficult to write much more about the plot without spoiling it, but Ware stays inside Lo\u2019s head throughout, as she analyzes the intent of everyone\u2019s actions and weighs her options. The tension builds steadily as she encounters various characters from the first book and begins to piece together what is happening. The story is peppered with multiple references and echoes back to \u201cThe Woman in Cabin 10,\u201d another reason to read or watch it first before cracking open this new novel.<\/p>\n
Once you do, you\u2019ll settle into the rhythm of a Ware thriller. Many chapters end with snippets from websites or other sources that tease forward the plot, practically forcing you to turn the page and learn how it all happened.<\/p>\n
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