The It Girl, the latest New York Times-bestselling mystery thriller by celebrated crime writer Ruth Ware, has been included in The Boston Globe‘s round-up of this summer’s best thriller reads.

In the article, entitled ’10 thrillers to read on your summer vacation’, which you can read in full here, Lauren Daley writes:

“This latest title is her strongest to date. The tale centers on a group of friends at Oxford University. College “It girl” April Clarke-Cliveden is part of Hannah’s tight-knit college crew. But by the end of their first year, April is dead. A decade later, the Oxford employee convicted of the crime has died in prison, and Hannah has married April’s former boyfriend. When a reporter tells Hannah that the wrong man may have been convicted, she realizes each of her college friends may have something to hide.”

Everyone wanted her life.
Someone wanted her dead.

It was Hannah who found April’s body ten years ago.
It was Hannah who didn’t question what she saw that day.
Did her testimony put an innocent man in prison?
 
She needs to know the truth.
 
Even if it means questioning her own friends.
Even if it means putting her own life at risk.

Because if the killer wasn’t a stranger, it’s someone she knows…

The It Girl is out now in the US and Canada, and in the UK on 4th August. Grab your US copy here, and pre-order your UK copy here.

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