One Perfect Couple, internationally bestselling crime writer Ruth Ware‘s “best book yet” (Gillian McAllister), has been featured in marie claire‘s list of “The 20 Best Beach Reads to Devour While Soaking Up the Sun this Summer”.

Sadie Bell writes: “If your summer is typically spent tuning into reality shows like Bachelor in Paradise and Love Island, you’re going to want to read One Perfect Couple. Bestselling thriller author Ruth Ware’s new book pulls inspiration from hit competition and dating series, as it’s set on a desolate, tropical island where five couples are partaking in a new reality show. While it seems as though they’re at first in paradise, a major storm makes the experience a nightmare—especially when it turns out a killer is on the island with them, making their fight for survival all the more terrifying.”

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Lyla is in a bit of a rut. Her post-doctoral research has fizzled out, she’s pretty sure they won’t extend her contract, and things with her boyfriend, Nico, an aspiring actor, aren’t going great. When the opportunity arises for Nico to join the cast of a new reality TV show, One Perfect Couple, she decides to try out with him. A whirlwind audition process later, Lyla find herself whisked off to a tropical paradise with Nico, boating through the Indian Ocean towards Ever After Island, where the two of them will compete against four other couples—Bayer and Angel, Dan and Santana, Joel and Romi, and Conor and Zana—in order to win a cash prize.

But not long after they arrive on the deserted island, things start to go wrong. After the first challenge leaves everyone rattled and angry, an overnight storm takes matters from bad to worse. Cut off from the mainland by miles of ocean, deprived of their phones, and unable to contact the crew that brought them there, the group must band together for survival. As tensions run high and fresh water runs low, Lyla finds that this game show is all too real—and the stakes are life or death.

A fast-paced, spellbinding thriller rife with intrigue and characters that feel so true to life, this novel proves yet again that Ruth Ware is the queen of psychological suspense.

One Perfect Couple is out now in the US and Canada and will be released in the UK on 18th July. Grab your US copy here or pre-order your UK copy here. As marie claire write, “your beach bag isn’t complete without one”.

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