The It Girl, the latest mystery thriller by New York Times-bestselling crime author Ruth Ware, has been included in a Sunday Times round-up of the best crime books of 2022.

In the article, which subscribers can read in full here, Joan Smith praises Ware’s “terrific novel”:

“The It Girl is the latest offering from Ruth Ware, who has a stellar reputation for producing intense, claustrophobic crime fiction. It’s set in an Oxford college where Hannah, a girl from a modest background, is dazzled by her room-mate April, who has money and confidence other students can only dream about.

When Hannah finds April’s body in their sitting room, she goes into shock but her evidence ensures the conviction of the creepy college porter. Ten years later, however, when the man dies in prison, a journalist starts asking questions.

This is a terrific novel about the corrupting effects of class and privilege.”

The It Girl is out now. Grab your US copy here, and your UK copy here, or, better, via your local bookshop or Bookshop.org.

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