One by One Paperback – May 4, 2021 by Ruth Ware

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Author: Ware Ruth

Brand: Gallery/Scout Press

Package Dimensions: 36x208x290

Number Of Pages: 384

Release Date: 04-05-2021

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INSTANT
NEW YORK TIMES
BESTSELLER
“
A claustrophobic spine-tingler.”
—People
“
Not only do Ware’s novels wink at
[Agatha]
Christie in a saucy way, but Ware herself is turning out to be as ingenious and indefatigable as the Queen of Crime.”
—The Washington Post

The #1
New York Times
bestselling author of
The Turn of the Key
and
In a Dark, Dark Wood
returns with another suspenseful thriller set on a snow-covered mountain.

Getting snowed in at a luxurious, rustic ski chalet high in the French Alps doesn’t sound like the worst problem in the world. Especially when there’s a breathtaking vista, a full-service chef and housekeeper, a cozy fire to keep you warm, and others to keep you company. Unless that company happens to be eight coworkers…each with something to gain, something to lose, and something to hide.

When the cofounder of Snoop, a trendy London-based tech start-up, organizes a weeklong trip for the team in the French Alps, it starts out as a corporate retreat like any other: PowerPoint presentations and strategy sessions broken up by mandatory bonding on the slopes. But as soon as one shareholder upends the agenda by pushing a lucrative but contentious buyout offer, tensions simmer and loyalties are tested. The storm brewing inside the chalet is no match for the one outside, however, and a devastating avalanche leaves the group cut off from all access to the outside world. Even worse, one Snooper hadn’t made it back from the slopes when the avalanche hit.

As each hour passes without any sign of rescue, panic mounts, the chalet grows colder, and the group dwindles further…one by one.
Review
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