Zero Days by Ruth Ware

Jack and her husband Gabe work as pen testers. They are hired by companies to break into buildings and hack into computer systems. After one such job, Jack returns home to find her husband has been murdered. Jack quickly becomes the prime suspect. The story unfolds as Jack races against time to find out who killed her husband.
Zero Days was very different from the other Ruth Ware books I have read. It was a little slow to me in parts but the tech aspects were interesting. Overall, it was entertaining but not my favorite book of hers.
Thank you to Netgalley and Simon & Schuster for this eARC to read and review.

Thoroughly enjoyed! Jack Cross and her husband run a pen test business, teaming up to expose gaps in security for companies. When she returns from a job and finds him dead and clues leading in her direction, the race starts to hunt down the killer and keep herself out of jail. A tiny slow in the middle and I saw the twist coming, but this makes for a great summer thriller.

Ruth Ware has penned another thriller
to keep you glued to the page. Jack and her husband make a dynamite team who together check the vulnerability of companies. Coming home from a problem with an assignment she finds Gabe murdered and herself a suspect. On the run she slowly puts the pieces together.. You will enjoy this one but have a hard time figuring the culprit!

I love Ruth Ware, even though her stories can be a bit predictable, but they are still thrilling and entertaining. This one is of a woman that comes home and finds her husband dead. The police think she did it, so she goes on the run to find out who really did it. I would definitely recommend this read. Thanks to the publisher and Netgalley.

Ruth Ware writes another fast-paced thriller in Zero Days. Jack returns home to find her husband, Gabe, murdered and the police set their eyes on her. She escapes the police so she can find out who killed her husband, because the police already made up their mind that it was her. I think for the most part this story was very predictable, you can figure out the person that committed the murder very quickly, but I still found myself extremely entertained and I couldn't stop reading.

I thoroughly enjoyed this book. There was a great deal of action. The protagonist, but finds herself injured multiple times throughout the novel and it might’ve been a little bit unbelievable she accomplished what she did. I wasn’t shocked to find who the murderer was, but I still found it thoroughly entertaining and action packed.

Thanks to NetGalley for this digital ARC.

Another fast-paced thriller from Ruth Ware! What more do you need to know? Go read it - now!

Fans of Ruth Ware (and most of us are), will welcome a standalone novel, Zero Days, about Jack and Gabe, a married couple who have a Penetration testing business, where they find the vulnerabilities in companies to prevent break-ins and data leaks. Gabe, who has the ability to hack into most computer programs directs his wife through a headset while she breaks into the businesses One night, as she returns home from one of these jobs, she finds Gabe at his computer with his throat cut. The police think she did it, and she goes on the run trying to find who would do this to her husband.

Ware is an excellent story teller and inserts plenty of twists and turns into the scenarios where Jack is barely able to stay alive and still stay ahead of the police.


As in her other bestselling books, Ware does an excellent job of developing her characters and they seem real. Unfortunately, the characters in this novel have been reduced to trailer trash because they use so much profanity. Readers want to love their protagonists and want to relate to them; that isn’t possible here because although cheapness is trending in younger people nowadays, it doesn’t make it right or enjoyable for those of us who speak properly and have a vocabulary that doesn’t require us to use profanity to verbalize our thoughts.

Although this novel is exciting, the profanity ruins it. Most fans of Ware will want her to go back to her old style where her prose isn’t offensive and all ages can read the novel. This novel could have been a good one and is not recommended to those who prefer not to read tasteless garbage.

Special thanks to NetGalley for supplying a review copy of this book.

This book was ....fine. I might have enjoyed it more if I didn't read The It Girl less than two years ago; there were just enough similarities to make Zero Days somewhat predictable.

Four solid stars for this fast paced thriller. If you enjoyed the movie Mr and Mrs Smith, you will enjoy this book. At first, I waa hesitant to dive into a book about computer hacking. Ruth Ware does an excellent job explaining it. It was just a tiny, tiny bit repetitive.

Fast, compelling read. Jack (Jacinda) Cross is a Penetration Specialist (pen tester for short); she and her husband Gabe find physical and computer security holes in business around London. She looks for the physical weaknesses, Gabe does the hacking. One night she has some issues inside a building she had broken into and was taken to a police station where she had to plead her case for innocence.

When Jack finally got home in the middle of the night she found her husband in a pool of blood. Being the wife, she became a person of interest pretty quickly, Jack decided that no one but her really cared to get the truth so she went on the lamb, so to speak. Because of her ability to break into places she was at a slight advantage but she also got injured and had to deal with that.

I would normally stay clear of thrillers about computer hacking because I really don't understand it, but Ruth Ware explained everything in laymen's terms. I would never do the things that Jack does but there is a reason why she is able to do them while on the run and we understand her past and why some people and places are off limits to her.

I enjoyed the read and could see this on the screen with a strong determined female lead.
Thanks to NetGalley for the ARC.

This was a dnf for me. I just couldn't get over the number of times they said "babe" in the first 2 chapters.

Ruth Ware does it again! The master of suspense had me on the edge of my seat the entire time. I was immediately hooked and could not put it down!

I've liked every book I've read by this author. I can always expect a fast-paced thriller, and it's generally consistent. While this one is not my absolute favorite, it was still very entertaining and it kept my interest until the very end.

I loved the Mr. and Mrs. Smith and Fugitive vibes! It will keep your adrenaline pumping from start to finish. Jack and her husband Gabe are pen testers, but one day Jack finds Gabe dead in their home and she's the prime suspect. Jack is on the run and determined to find out who killed Gabe while also clearing her name.

My problems with the book: 1) The characters didn't come off as super realistic to me 2) Some parts seemed repetitive 3) I was able to guess the killer before the end.

I would still recommend this one to my bookish friends looking for a solid thriller they can devour in a day or two.

Special thanks to the publisher and NetGalley for an ARC of this book in exchange for my honest review.

Ruth Ware is BACK!! This was a high-octane whodunit adventure from start to finish. I had suspects and theories changing in my mind the whole time but never quite figured it all out until the end! I loved the female protagonist, even though some of her actions seemed impractical and death-defying!!

Zero Days kept me on the edge of my seat!!!

Zero Days is Ruth Ware's best book yet. She had me hooked on page one. I couldn't turn the pages fast enough. Every chapter moved the story ahead with strong pacing and new questions that made me read faster than usual to discover the answers. A Thriller Masterpiece. I would love to see this as a series in the future, I could see Jack going through each step of her journey episode by episode. Magnificent work!

Ruth Ware never disappoints with her suspense! Jack and her husband, Gabe are pen testers. They are paid to break into businesses to check their security protocols and systems. After a very intense job, Jack is caught just as she is getting into her car to head home by the Chief of Security. SInce only the person paying them for the job is the only one aware of the test, Jack is taken to jail. Gabe isn't answering his phone and Jack is stuck at the police station until someone can finally clear her that she is who she says. When she arrives home, her whole world begins to unravel. Jack has to go on the run and try to solve the mystery of who murdered her husband.

I am becoming a huge fan of Ruth Ware. Her books are filled with intrigue and twists and turns. In Zero Days, Jack and her husband, Gabe, are the best penetration specialists in the business. But after a routine assignment goes horribly wrong, Jack arrives home to find her husband dead. Of course, the spouse is always the first suspect. Jack is now on the run and has to decide who she can trust as she circles closer to the real killer. Zero Days keeps the reader on the edge of their seat.

Zero Days by Ruth Ware was dark and twisty! I love Ruth's books and this one didn't disappoint. It did take me a bit to get into, but don't let that deter you!

This book was just a meh for me. I didn't really connect with the main character and it was just a series of events. Thank you to NetGalley and the publisher for giving me an arc of this book.