The Woman in Suite 11
Thriller
Gallery/Scout Press
July 8th, 2024
In this follow-up to #1 New York Times bestselling author Ruth Ware’s multi-million copy mega-hit The Woman in Cabin 10, Lo Blacklock returns to attend the opening of a luxury hotel, only to find herself in a white-knuckled race across Europe.
When the invitation to attend the press opening of a luxury Swiss hotel—owned by reclusive billionaire Marcus Leidmann—arrives, it’s like the answer to a prayer. Three years after the birth of her youngest child, Lo Blacklock is ready to reestablish her journalism career, but post-pandemic travel journalism is a very different landscape from the one she left ten years ago.
The chateau on the shores of Lake Geneva is everything Lo’s ever dreamed of, and she hopes she can snag an interview with Marcus. Unfortunately, he proves to be even more difficult to pin down than his reputation suggests. When Lo gets a late-night call asking her to come to Marcus’s hotel room, she agrees despite her own misgivings. She’s greeted, however, by a woman claiming to be Marcus’s mistress, and in life-or-death jeopardy.
What follows is a thrilling cat-and-mouse pursuit across Europe, forcing Lo to ask herself just how much she’s willing to sacrifice to save this woman…and if she can even trust her?
Long-time Ware fans have been waiting for this sequel to The Woman in Cabin 10!
The Woman in Suite 11 was a suspenseful read that can be a standalone, but is a story set ten years after Ruth Ware’s book, The Woman in Cabin 10. My only regret is that I didn’t reread the first book before reading The Woman in Suite 11. I might not recall all the details, but I do remember how it made me feel. I remember the metaphorical edge of seat thrill, and full body chills.
Ware did a great job of referencing the people involved in the previous mystery.
Our main character Lo Blacklock has mostly healed from her near-death experience, and wrote a book about it, which was a bestseller. She’s married and has settled into the mom-life with two young sons. You could assume that she’s completely healed, but naturally there’s some invisible strings of anxiety and PTSD that hold her back to that cruise ship ten years in the past. With the opportunity to travel abroad for a luxury hotel experience and reignite her journalism career, Lo unknowingly enters a new race to find a killer.
Lo is much braver than any woman I know.
I related to Lo’s conflicted feelings of needing to reset her career, while also desperately missing her home life. Most of the time she’s away she can’t even reach her family properly because of the time difference. Being thrust into the secrets and rumors game amongst journalism colleagues, some of which were aboard the Aurora, is disorienting. If I were Lo, I’d have had an anxiety attack as soon as I saw everyone from my book. I’d have left the hotel pronto!
Kristin lives in the PNW with her husband, and three kids. She loves to read YA fiction, fantasy, and romance. She enjoys a few side-hustles, including creating bookreels/booktoks for authors. The only shows she watches are re-runs, and if she’s not reading a book, she’s listening to one.
