Ruth Ware Books in Order

An unexpected invitation brings Nora to the hen party of a friend she has not seen in ten years. A remote cottage reunion turns sinister, forcing her to confront secrets from the life she once abandoned.

Travel journalist Lo Blacklock boards a luxury cruise hoping to recover from a traumatic break-in. After witnessing a body thrown overboard, she encounters an impossible contradiction: nobody is missing, and the neighboring cabin was supposedly empty.

A desperate message brings Isa back to Salten with her baby daughter, reuniting four former boarding school friends. A disturbing beach discovery threatens the secret they have concealed for seventeen years and tests their longstanding pact.

Struggling fortune teller Harriet Westaway receives an inheritance letter she believes was intended for someone else. Hoping to escape a loan shark, she attempts to claim the money, only to become entangled in dangerous family secrets.

A generous nanny position draws Rowan to an isolated Scottish smart home, but the opportunity becomes a nightmare. Writing from prison after a child's death, she insists she is innocent of murder and recounts the events behind the accusation.

A company retreat at a luxury mountain chalet becomes dangerous when an avalanche cuts off the guests. As colleagues disappear and distrust intensifies, the group must contend with threats inside their refuge as well as the snow outside.

This anthology gives Jane Marple twelve new cases, from quiet village trouble to crimes far from St. Mary Mead. Alyssa Cole joins the lineup with a story that sends the famous sleuth into Manhattan.

Ten years after her Oxford friend April's murder, Hannah hears evidence suggesting her testimony helped convict an innocent man. Reexamining their student circle threatens her settled life and raises the possibility that the real killer remains close.

After a security-testing assignment goes wrong, Jack returns home to find her husband Gabe murdered. With police treating her as their suspect, she goes on the run, searching for the killer while struggling to decide whom she can trust.

Lyla joins her boyfriend Nico on a reality show set on a remote tropical island, competing against four other couples. A storm cuts them off from help, and dwindling supplies turn their television contest into a deadly struggle.

Journalist Lo Blacklock attends the opening of a luxury Swiss hotel, hoping to rebuild her career. A woman claiming to be its billionaire owner’s endangered mistress draws Lo into a pursuit across Europe, where trust becomes increasingly uncertain.