Ruth Ware latest New York Times-bestselling thriller, Zero Days, has received praise in Literary Review‘s round-up of the best crime fiction of July 2023.

In the round-up, which you can read in full here, Natasha Cooper writes:

“Ruth Ware is one of the most versatile of crime writers. In her latest novel, the penetration tester Jack Cross tries to get past the defences of her client’s building and computer security systems to identify weaknesses. Guided through the process by her husband, Gabe, a white-hat hacker talking through her earpiece, Jack almost makes it out to safety but ends up having to explain herself to the police.

On her return home, she finds Gabe with his throat cut. In shock, she doesn’t report his murder for so long that she becomes the prime suspect. Her professional skills, absolute devotion to Gabe and superhuman grit send her on a nightmare journey to identify the real killer. Jack is an invigorating character and her quest is both impressively plotted and moving.”

Zero Days sees New York Times-bestselling author Ruth Ware return with an adrenaline-fuelled thriller that combines Mr. and Mrs. Smith with The Fugitive and follows a woman in a race against time to clear her name and find her husband’s murderer.

Zero Days is out now. You can buy your US copy here now and your UK copy here or, better, via your local bookshop or Bookshop.org.

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