The It Girl, a shortlistee for the Theakston Old Peculier Crime Novel of the Year by New York Times-bestselling thriller author Ruth Ware, has been selected as an Editor’s Pick for the Spotify Editor’s Playlist.

Buy your copy here now and see the full list of editor’s picks here.

A “spine-tingling” (The Belfast Telegraph) mystery and Ruth’s “strongest to date” (The Boston Globe), The It Girl is narrated by Imogen Church and follows a woman on the search for answers a decade after her friend’s murder.

April Clarke-Cliveden was the first person Hannah Jones met at Oxford.

Vivacious, bright, occasionally vicious, and the ultimate It girl, she quickly pulled Hannah into her dazzling orbit. Together, they developed a group of devoted and inseparable friends—Will, Hugh, Ryan, and Emily—during their first term. By the end of the second, April was dead.

Now, a decade later, Hannah and Will are expecting their first child, and the man convicted of killing April, former Oxford porter John Neville, has died in prison. Relieved to have finally put the past behind her, Hannah’s world is rocked when a young journalist comes knocking and presents new evidence that Neville may have been innocent. As Hannah reconnects with old friends and delves deeper into the mystery of April’s death, she realises that the friends she thought she knew all have something to hide… including a murder.

Ruth’s propulsive thriller, Zero Days, is also out now. Grab your US copy here and your UK copy here.

And, pre-order One Perfect Couple, Ruth’s brand-new thriller, here and here.

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