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One by One by Ruth Ware

Mystery

One by One

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Ruth Ware is back at Book of the Month – other BOTMs include One Perfect Couple and The It Girl and The Lying Game and The Turn of the Key and The Woman in Cabin 10.

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Quick Take

A tech-fueled mystery in a glamping-worthy locale. It’s the entertaining puzzle you need to lose yourself in.

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Synopsis

Getting snowed in at a beautiful, rustic mountain chalet doesn’t sound like the worst problem in the world, especially when there’s a breathtaking vista, a cozy fire, and company to keep you warm. But what happens when that company is eight of your coworkers…and you can’t trust any of them?

When an off-site company retreat meant to promote mindfulness and collaboration goes utterly wrong when an avalanche hits, the corporate food chain becomes irrelevant and survival trumps togetherness. Come Monday morning, how many members short will the team be?

Why I love it

We’ve all had to get used to isolation this year, but I think you’ll be relieved not to find yourself isolated in the middle of a snowy wilderness with these characters as they find themselves cut off from the rest of the world and, one by one, each meet their grisly fates…

Ruth Ware’s latest mystery takes place in a fabulously escapist setting: a mountainside chalet in the French ski resort of St Antoine, so atmospherically depicted that it's like a character itself. There, we follow the chalet’s guests, the shareholders and employees of a sexy new music app called Snoop, who are vying, perhaps dangerously, for a stake in the company’s future. Things begin to pick up when, one at a time, the guests begin to go missing.

One by One gave me all the joy of reading a classic whodunnit but with a thoroughly modern sensibility. I particularly loved the glamorous roster of characters, each keeping their own secrets close to their chests, especially the chalet's staff, who provide a fantastic upstairs/downstairs dynamic as the tensions among them all begin to build. In classic Ruth Ware style, there’s much delightful “Golden Age” inspiration here, but also a modern freshness and all the pace and compulsion of a psychological thriller. This is the perfect read to hunker down with as the nights begin to draw in—preferably beside a roaring fire with a blanket over your knees and a wary glance or two over your shoulder…

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The Golden Couple
Reckless Girls
The Collective
Rock Paper Scissors
Razorblade Tears
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Infinite Country
The Hunting Party
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One by One
Winter Counts
The Night Swim
What You Wish For
Big Friendship
All the Stars and Teeth
You Are Not Alone
Truth Be Told
The Family Upstairs
What Happens in Paradise
Permanent Record
Hello Girls
Mind Games
The Turn of the Key
You'd Be Mine
The Other Woman
Golden State
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For Better and Worse
November Road
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The Perfect Mother
The Oracle Year
Not That I Could Tell
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What the Wife Knew
Dearest
Grief Is for People
Pretty Boys Are Poisonous
The Intern
Dark Corners
The Last Word
It Starts with Us
Daisy Darker
Bomb Shelter
The Paris Apartment
The Golden Couple
Reckless Girls
The Collective
Rock Paper Scissors
Razorblade Tears
How Lucky
Infinite Country
The Hunting Party
Pretty Little Wife
One by One
Winter Counts
The Night Swim
What You Wish For
Big Friendship
All the Stars and Teeth
You Are Not Alone
Truth Be Told
The Family Upstairs
What Happens in Paradise
Permanent Record
Hello Girls
Mind Games
The Turn of the Key
You'd Be Mine
The Other Woman
Golden State
An Anonymous Girl
For Better and Worse
November Road
The Anomaly
The Perfect Mother
The Oracle Year
Not That I Could Tell
The Woman in the Window