Lyla, a virulogist and her boyfriend Nico, an aspiring actor are at a crossroads, and then they get an offer to join the cast of a new reality show, “One Perfect Couple” and before they know it they are whisked away to an island in the Indian Ocean. There they join four other couples, Angela and Bayer, Santana and Dan, Roni and Joel and Zana and Conor to compete to win a cash prize….and possible stardom.

The first challenge is a tough one and then (huge surprise) an enormous storm cuts the couples off from the mainland and they must try to survive. Is that possible? And is one among them the biggest threat?

Ware is an always reliable thriller author, and there’s nothing more satisfying than a locked room mystery. Add the reality TV trope and I’m all in, so I was excited to read this. I was a little disappointed, to be honest, with all the misogyny (not that Ware thought it was OK, mind you)….just, ugh. Overall, not my favorite of her books, but it will definitely be popular.