Maureen Corrigan has reviewed Ruth Ware‘s One by One for the Washington Post.

“Not only do Ware’s novels wink at Christie in a saucy way, but Ware herself is turning out to be as ingenious and indefatigable as the Queen of Crime [. . .] Ware expertly scatters red herrings galore so that even the most alert reader becomes diverted into false deductions and dead ends [. . .] The final section, where the last intended victim is locked in a ghastly battle of wits and endurance with the unmasked killer, has to be one of the most ingeniously extended plot climaxes in the suspense canon. I don’t know how Ruth Ware manages to keep up her pace of writing such fine and distinctive suspense novels every year (even Christie needed to take a break every so often); but, on behalf of suspense lovers everywhere, may I say that I’m grateful she has turned out to be a marathoner, rather than a sprinter.” Read the full review here.

One by One is out now in the US with Scout Press. Buy it here.

It will be published in the UK by Harvill Secker on 12 November 2020. Pre-order it here.

Follow Ruth on Twitter @RuthWareWriter.