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One Perfect Couple

by Ruth Ware
Imogen Church
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AND THEN THERE WERE NONE meets THE TRAITORS
Five beautiful couples.
One deadly game.
Who will escape alive?
Lyla Santiago has spent months working on a research project that could be the key to getting a permanent job in her field.
So, she can't really drop everything to go to a desert island with her actor boyfriend Nico to film One Perfect Couple, a new reality TV show that Nico is sure will lead to his big break – can she?

Two weeks later, Lyla finds herself boarding a boat to an isolated luxury resort in the Indian Ocean.

The rules of the game are simple. Ten strangers have to survive together on the island - and the last couple standing scoops the prize.
There will be sun, sea, laughs and plenty of flirting.
What could possibly go wrong?
But when a huge tropical storm cuts them off from everything, the group must band together.
As tensions run high and fresh water runs low, Lyla realises that someone is playing this game for real – and they'll stop at nothing to win.

Ten might have arrived, but who will survive to the end?
'A sun-soaked, deeply sinister and unputdownable read' Cressida McLaughlin
'The perfect "what if?" destination thriller – Agatha Christie with a Love Island twist. This is Ruth Ware at her very best' Claire Coughlan
'Ruth Ware has another winner on her hands! She so deftly sets the scene, and then the terror begins. Ware is a genius at building suspense – One Perfect Couple is an absolutely compulsive read!' Shari Lapena
'A must read . . . another thriller from one of our best thriller writers' Daily Mail
'Tense and entertaining' Platinum
'Outstanding . . . definitely one of this summer's most exciting reads' Joan Smith, Sunday Times
'If you're missing The Traitors, this one is for you!' Prima
Praise for Ruth Ware:

'A rocket ride that will satisfy the biggest thriller addicts out there' DAVID BALDACCI
'Deliciously dark and utterly addictive' LUCY FOLEY
'A breathless action thriller which packs an emotional punch' CLARE MACKINTOSH
'Hits the ground running and doesn't let up till the last chapter' ERIN KELLY
'Every Ruth Ware novel is a unique and unexpected gem and this one is no exception. A heady, tense, slowburn dream of a book, multi-layered and steeped in atmosphere and peril. I loved every page' LISA JEWELL
'Absolutely brilliant murder mystery – seamless, flawless, perfectly clued and utterly gripping' SOPHIE HANNAH
'Impeccably crafted and totally compulsive – you'll be sad to reach the final page and realise you have to say goodbye' JP DELANEY
'Ruth Ware is in a league of her own' JACK JORDAN

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    July 18, 2024

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      • ISBN: 9781398526686
      • File size: 415301 KB
      • Duration: 14:25:12

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    • English

  • Reviews

    • Publisher's Weekly

      March 18, 2024
      Bestseller Ware (Zero Days) fumbles a promising premise in this clever but slack closed-circle mystery. Biologist Lyla Santiago’s postdoc research on mosquito-borne illnesses hits a wall when inconsistencies in her colleague’s work threaten their grant funding. Rudderless, Lyla agrees to join her boyfriend, out-of-work actor Nico Reese, to film a reality TV competition called Ever After Island. On the Survivor-esque show, five couples complete in challenges on a remote island in the Indian Ocean and then vote to send one contestant home each week. Lyla plans to get eliminated quickly so she can return to London and sort out her future, leaving Nico behind to improve his career prospects. Her plan gets complicated, however, when a powerful storm sweeps across the island, isolating the contestants from the show’s production crew. When people start turning up dead, Lyla has to decide whom to trust, taking the traditional stakes of reality TV alliances to nerve-shredding new heights. Ware has plenty of fun with her Agatha Christie–esque setup, but she fails too whip up sufficient suspense—the plot’s resolution is simply too easy to crack. Readers will hope Ware returns to form next time out. Agent: Eve White, Eve White Literary.

    • AudioFile Magazine
      Imogen Church's portrayal of soft-spoken Lyla heightens the tension in this nod to one of Agatha Christie's most beloved mysteries, AND THEN THERE WERE NONE, set on a stormy desert island. Lyla and her boyfriend have been cast in a TV game show in which five couples compete for the title of "The Perfect Couple." As the couples are cut off from the mainland and someone begins murdering them one by one, Church efficiently reveals Lyla's swings from sheer panic to steely determination to outwit the killer. Despite one character's French accent slipping at times, Church's adept portrayals create authenticity and add intrigue to the characters' relationships. Fans of Ruth Ware and Christie, as well as enthusiasts of survival-themed TV shows, may especially enjoy Church's rendition of this thriller. M.F. © AudioFile 2024, Portland, Maine

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