Another slow burn mystery from Ruth Ware. The sequel to The Woman in Cabin 10 places us ten years after the original events but this time at a luxury hotel instead of a cruise ship. Lo is back and ready to unravel the latest mystery she is inevitably caught up in.

I enjoyed the follow-up story, even though it was a slow burn mystery. I do not think it needed to be as long as it was, but it was an interesting sequel for sure.

Thank you so much to Gallery Books for the gifted ARC!

First, I want to say that I absolutely loved THE WOMAN IN CABIN 10 and out of all of Ruth's books (I've read all but one), it was my favorite! I read with my bookclub back in the day and we all loved it, especially the ending, which I thought was perfect!

So, did it need a sequel? Probably not, because of how perfectly it ended. Was I still over the moon excited for it? Yes! Also, it's one of the best covers I've seen in a long time.

It was so fun to be back in Lo's world and even though I read book one so long ago, it all came flooding back to me as I read this!

This one fell a little short for me, sadly. I do think it was too long and could have packed a better punch had it been trimmed down quite a bit.

The ending was satisfying enough and I'm still glad I read it! Can't wait for more Ruth in the future!

The Woman in Suite 11 by Ruth Ware is the sequel to her novel The Woman in Cabin 10. In this follow-up, Lo Blacklock is trying to get back into the travel writing world after marriage, two kids, and COVID have kept her on the sidelines. She unexpectedly gets an invitation to a hotel press event in Europe. Once there, she encounters some unusual coincidences as well as a dead body. Lo gets pulled into the investigation and has to figure out how to free herself as well as find the true killer.

Ruth Ware is an auto read for me, so I was very excited to see this book up for publication. I wish I had reread The Woman in Cabin 10 to remind myself of what happened in that book before reading this one, as there are some things which it took me awhile to put together after reading the original so many years ago. But, even without the reread, I was still able to follow the story and enjoy the book! This is a must read for Ruth Ware fans and a great addition to summer TBRs!

Honest opinion valued, right? I did not enjoy this book, and looking way back, I don’t think “The Woman in Cabin 10” was that good either. I’ve liked many of Ruth Ware’s books very much, but it’s hard to imagine who was clamoring for more Lo Blacklock. Reviewed in print and online for the St. Louis Post-Dispatch before Ware’s ticketed appearance here.

Mystery fans, and we are many, might just consider camping out on South Lindbergh this week. The St. Louis County Library is bringing in four suspense authors in six days, not for a Whodunnit Festival (although there’s an idea) but because all four have new books to talk about.

The big-ticket author (in fact, tickets are required) is Ruth Ware, arriving Saturday to unveil a first for her: a sequel. Ware’s “The Woman in Cabin 10” was the talk of 2016, and since then the author has built a hugely successful career on stand-alone novels, never repeating herself — until now.

“The Woman in Suite 11” (Gallery/Scout Press, 400 pages), due out Tuesday, revisits the character of Laura “Lo” Blacklock, the emotionally fragile travel writer who in “Cabin 10” insisted she’d seen a woman thrown overboard, a woman everyone else was sure did not exist.

Lo is back and traveling again, now with a supportive husband and two sons at home, and her meds better adjusted. Eager to get back to work, she accepts an invitation to visit, and write about, a new, luxury hotel in Switzerland. There, faces from the past and a series of shocks send her mind reeling back to the ill-fated cruise.

“For years, readers have asked whether I might return to any of the characters” from “Cabin 10,” Ware told People magazine last year when the sequel was announced. “With Lo now 10 years older, and at a different stage in her life, I’m excited to share a fresh perspective on her story, and to send her on a new adventure.”

Reading “The Woman in Suite 11,” though, I was reminded most of all just how annoying I found Lo the first time around. Her shaky mental state and enduring self-doubt make her the queen of bad decisions, here just as much as in her first adventure.

Or so I think. I also remembered early on that I barely remembered the plot details of “The Woman in Cabin 10.” (With a Netflix adaptation finally arriving Aug. 29, I recommend a refresher synopsis.)

This is important for the new book, as Ware builds a lot of Lo’s eyebrow-raising actions on her history on that ill-fated ship. You may wonder, as I did, if it might not have been better for everyone if she’d just stayed home this time.

Ugh, Ruth Ware, why!! Don't ruin a good thing. This was just so so unnecessary and did a disservice to the beautiful THE WOMAN IN CABIN 10. You just didn't need to revive these characters. No.

The Woman in Suite 11 is a long-awaited sequel by Ruth Ware to her bestselling novel from a few years ago called The Woman in Cabin 10. This tie around Lo is navigating the world of luxury hotels instead of being onboard a ship. There's still plenty of drama and mystery that she finds herself wrapped up in. It was fun to envision staying in these locations and eating the delicious food that was so well described. I would rather my getaways be a bit more relaxing than Lo's, though. Read and enjoy!

Bestselling author Ruth Ware returns in the thrilling sequel to “The Woman in Cabin 10,” in “The Woman in Suite 11” (Scout Press). Laura “Lo” Blacklock is itching to return to work as a reporter. Her youngest child is three, and it’s time to start writing again. But she has no prospects…until a fortuitous invitation arrives. Lo has been invited to the press opening of the Le Grand Hotel du Lac, a luxury resort on the shores of Lake Geneva owned by the billionaire Leidmann family.
Lo pitches the idea of an interview with the reclusive Marcus Leidmann to the Financial Times, and if she can score it, she is back on the beat. She is hesitant, though, and still shell-shocked from a disastrous Norwegian voyage on the cruise ship Aurora, where she almost lost her life ten years ago. The life-changing experience formed the basis for her bestselling memoir, Dark Waters, but Lo hasn’t worked since its publication several years ago. After this long dry spell, Lo desperately needs this all-expense paid European vacation, and it provides the perfect opportunity for her to also visit to her mum back in the UK.
Strange events occur from the moment Lo arrives at the exclusive Swiss chateau. Oddly, three other passengers from the Aurora are also in attendance, but she brushes it off as a coincidence. After all, they all work in the travel writing community. However, when Carrie, the woman who both threatened and saved her life on the Aurora beckons her to Suite 11, Lo suspects a foul game is afoot. Carrie reveals she is Marcus Leidmann’s unhappy mistress and pleads for Lo’s help in escaping from Marcus’s violent clutches. However, Lo questions the veracity of Carrie's claims regarding her lover's alleged abuse. After the incidents on the Aurora, can she trust Carrie? Or should she remain focused on obtaining the interview of a lifetime with Leidmann?
Of course, Lo acquiesces to Carrie’s request, with misgivings. What follows in “The Woman in Suite 11” is a cat-and-mouse pursuit across Europe, where danger lurks around every corner. Lo Blacklock is a convincing PTSD survivor who finds herself facing yet another life-threatening situation far from home, exacerbated by the dangers of the past and the present, and her involvement with Carrie. She is too altruistic, but this time around, she sees Carries as vulnerable, not someone ruthlessly willing to sacrifice Lo for the sake of her own skin. Cassie appears to be truly repentant about their past conflicts, and terrified of her billionaire lover. What is Lo to do? Abandon Carrie to an almost certain death at the hands of March Leidmann?
It is not necessary to have read the first installment, “The Woman in Cabin 10,” to understand the dynamics between the characters in the sequel or to be drawn into this terrific story. Ware provides enough flashbacks about the Aurora disaster to bring readers up to speed, and she delves into the deep layers of Lo’s psyche as she faces her most recent challenges. In addition to the Aurora tragedy, Lo frets about her elderly mum, her husband and her toddlers back at home in New York City, on top of balancing her loyalty to Carrie and the trials of her work assignment. She certainly has her heart and mind full as she fends off unidentified villains and evades local authorities eager to pin an unsolved crime on her.
“The Woman in Suite 11,” is the perfect beach read for these hot, sultry summer days. From the first page, Lo’s escapades will keep readers engaged, and rooting for her to return to her loving family as quickly as possible. Readers can only hope that Lo’s adventures will continue in Book Three.

As a faithful Ruth Ware fan, and a fan of the Woman in Cabin 10, I automatically hit the request button when I saw the sequel and I was not disappointed. Ruth doesn’t do sequels and for good reason-her stories are usually well flushed out but in this case Lo and Carrie were left with more to tell and it did Cabin 10 justice.
It’s been 10 years since Lo’s traumatic experience on the ship and she’s since written a boom about it, gotten married and had two boys. She was travel journalist but left it to have her kids but is working to get back to it when an invitation to come to an exclusive resort owned by the elusive billionaire Marcus Leidmann, who shies away from press, comes in the mail. Her husband talks her into going saying it’ll be her chance to her back into the swing of things and also be a well deserved rest for her after being home with the kids for so long and she reluctantly agrees when the magazine she used to work for offers her a chance to reconnect if she can get an interview with Marcus.
The pace was fast and had me gripped but after what Lo had been through in the past, I kinda found her to be niave. I feel like she should have learned from what she went through but I guess that would have meant there was no follow up story, so it is what it is. The mystery that took place once she got to the resort kept me turning pages in true Ruth Ware fashion, especially in the final third of the story because I couldn’t turn the pages fast enough.
Thanks to Gallery/Scout Press and NetGalley for this eArc in exchange for my review.

I read and loved The Woman in Cabin 10 when it first came out so I was very excited to hear about the sequel! The Woman in Suite 11 opens with Lo Blacklock getting invited on a press trip to review a fancy hotel in Switzerland. It’s been about a decade since the ending of the first book and she’s since gotten married to Jonah, moved to America, and now has two little boys. She’s been out of the travel journalism industry for a few years and is happy for the chance to go back to work.

When she arrives in Switzerland, Lo is surprised to find that a few of her old colleagues have also been invited on the press trip, as well as one person who she never thought she’d see again. One thing leads to another and she once again finds herself in a very dire situation (although thankfully not on a boat in the middle of the North Sea!).

I really enjoyed The Woman in Suite 11 and found it both stressful and satisfying (which is how I’d describe all of Ruth Ware’s books, haha). Besides Lo, my favorite character was Jonah. I loved how supportive he was when she told him what was going on; it was a nice change from all of the gaslighting Lo had to deal with in the first book.

I’m looking forward to chatting about this book with friends and library customers!

Loved this book! It was a great continuation of the cast and story, with the expected details and twists. The writing style makes you feel like you are actually there witnessing this

I devour Ware's books within days of getting them, and One Perfect Couple was no exception.
I really enjoyed the character development. The plot is paced well, with enough twists and turns to keep the reader interested and intrigued.
I really loved the setting of this mystery.
Very eerie and ominous atmosphere.
There was plenty of twist to keep things interesting and well developed characters. The story is suspenseful and twisty from the beginning to the end. The plot is well developed and brilliantly wrote by Ruth Ware .

Ruth Ware’s latest book is a masterpiece! I got sucked in right from the start and I loved following Lo’s journey across Europe. The setting was dreamy (fancy pants Swiss luxury hotel? Sign me up!) and the plot kept me wondering what would happen next. I wonder what will be next for Lo Blacklock. I’ll definitely be reading if there’s a third installment!

It’s been 10 years since the infamous Aurora’s voyage to Norway. Former journalist now mother, Lo Blacklock has once again received a once in a lifetime invite, but this time it is to a luxury Swiss hotel.
Will the events of Aurora come back to haunt or help her in the ‘Woman in Suite 11’.

I want to start with saying I have not read the previous book to this one, but it is on my to-be-read list, so I thought I'd give it a go regardless. This book was definitely a slower burn which I'm usually not a fan of. There wasn't as much suspense as I would have liked. However, I do think this was an enjoyable read and I definitely will read the original book soon since I did enjoy this one.

Ruth Ware can do no wrong in my eyes. Another intriguing, gripping novel focused on Lo Blackwell after The Womanin Cabin 10. I was thrilled to dive into the first follow-up in Ruth's collection of thrillers. Revisiting a character that made me love the genre, and Ruth's writing, was a gift. It's an easy reread for me, and just another feather in Ruth's cap for my nomination of queen of the thriller.

I loved the first book in this series. It really set me on my love of Ruth Ware's books. I enjoyed this book, but with the large time that has passed since the first book was released, there was so much that I had forgotten from the characters and plot of the first book. This book tries to catch you up, but honestly, there were huge holes in my memory for major plot points. Maybe I read too many mysteries and they all start to jumble, who knows? But once I got my footing, I enjoyed this book. The characters were vibrant, and the descriptions of the scenery were gorgeous. I liked this book. I think I would have enjoyed it more if I had recently read the first one again.

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I always enjoy a Ruth Ware mystery thriller. The Woman in Suite 11 is a follow up on the Lo Blacklock character 10 years after the time in The Woman in Cabin 10. It's better if you have read the first book but not absolutely necessary.

In the interim, Lo has married Judah and they have two boys, living in New York City. She wrote a book on her experiences which provided some income while her boys were young. Now just as she is ready to get back to work, she has an invitation to a new exclusive hotel opening in Switzerland. She hopes to get an interview with the reclusive owner of the financial group Marcus Leidmann It will also be a treat for her and an opportunity to visit her mother in the UK as well.

When Lo arrives, there are many of those who were on the ill-fated cruise with her, including an ex-boyfriend. When she is summoned to Suite 11, she thinks it is for an interview of Marcus or to set things with his secretary. But no, it Marcus' mistress in a life or death situation.

The following emotional tidal wave for Lo, with helping a woman in an abusive situation, putting herself at risk and the danger that follows. Luckily she has good support from family and friends, even though she felt isolated. There are some crazy twists. Every time Lo says,"F*****ck" when she figures out she is in trouble, which made me laugh. Lo does bend the rules quite a bit but it's understandable though not legal.

Thank you @gallerybooks #partner for the gifted copy of this book!

Just finished The Woman in Suite 11 and WHEW — what a twisty ride!

I decided to re-read The Woman in Cabin 10 before diving into this one and I’m so glad I did. It was great getting reacquainted with Lo and the characters, and I have to say — I really enjoyed Lo even more this time around. She’s grown up, less reckless, and more sharp and savvy, though she’s still got that slightly naive and somewhat questionable decision making capabilities. I didn’t care though because it is what I find endearing about her and why I root for her!

After taking a break from work to start a family (her husband is an actual gem, by the way), Lo’s ready to jump back into investigative journalism — and what better way to start than hopping a plane for a high-stakes interview? Because why not?! From the moment she boards, surprising things start happening, and let’s just say… past trauma and present danger collide in a way that kept me completely invested.

Is every twist totally believable? Nope. Did I care? Not even a little bit. 😂 I was here for the drama, the surprises, the shady characters, and those classic Ruth Ware red herrings. And OMG — that last line. Ruth really knows how to deliver a closing zinger that leaves you grinning, just like in the first book.

If you loved Cabin 10, you’ll have fun with this one too. It’s twisty, bingeable, and exactly the kind of unputdownable mystery you expect from Ruth Ware. I was so happy to see these characters again and already can’t wait to see what she cooks up next!

10 years after The Woman in Cabin 10, The Woman in Suite 11 reintroduces Lo Blacklock, now a married mother of two, who has transitioned from her magazine job to freelance journalism. Despite her contented family life, Lo misses the thrill of her past adventures. When presented with an opportunity to attend the grand opening of an exclusive Swiss hotel owned by the elusive billionaire Marcus Leidmann, she seizes it, especially since her former magazine requests an interview with the reclusive owner. From the onset of her journey, mysterious events begin to unfold, setting the stage for another suspenseful narrative.

*Special thanks to NetGalley and Scout Press/Gallery for this digital e-arc.*

Thank you Gallery Books for the gifted digital ARC.

I really, really loved The Woman in Cabin 10 when I read it years ago, but it pains me to say the sequel really missed the mark for me. I felt like it was incredibly predictable, and considering the absolute *hell* Lo endured in the first book, she acted like a complete idiot this time around... like painfully so. Especially as a mother.

Dennis (@scaredstraightreads) referred to this as the sequel no one asked for and I know it's kinda mean (and TBH also hilarious) but it is spot on about this one. The first book was so good and this one was just kind of meh.

Alas, I'll still continue to read everything Ruth Ware writes.