Ruth Ware grew up in Lewes, in Sussex and studied at Manchester University, before settling in North London. She has worked as a waitress, a bookseller, a teacher of English as a foreign language and a press officer.
Her début thriller In a Dark, Dark Wood was an instant New York Times bestseller in the US, and a Richard and Judy pick and Sunday Timesbestseller in the UK. It was optioned for film by New Line Cinema with Reese Witherspoon attached to produce.
The follow up, The Woman in Cabin 10 was a number one New York Times bestseller.
Since then her books have appeared on bestseller lists around the world, and all three have been optioned for either film or TV.
I read Ware’s In A Dark, Dark Wood a couple of years ago and was underwhelmed. At the time, however, I wrote “I think she’s an author worth giving another chance, even if this book had problems.” I’d been hearing a lot of positive things and The Death of Mrs. Westaway …
Did you read the blurb above? It sounds really good, doesn’t it? First off, i like house party murder mysteries, so the glass house in the middle of the woods with a small cast of characters appealed to me. Add an unreliable narrator and secrets of the past and it …
