Ruth Ware is one of my favorite authors so I was thrilled for the opportunity to read One by One. I love how Ware can take a story and build so much tension into it from the very beginning. This was very atmospheric and even spooky at times. I was always waiting for something (or someone) to come out from around the corner or even behind one of the doors. I was on the edge of my seat for much of the book and didn't want to put it down. When the lights go out, the atmosphere is even darker. As a reader, I could feel the chill creeping in, the fear mounting and the suspense building more. The ending was great and tied up everything together.

Set in a beautiful chalet (in St. Antoine) with excellent mountain views, the Snoop corporate retreat sounds like the perfect getaway. What's meant to be a relaxing weekend full of team-building and collaboration turns into a nightmare when they come back from skiing and an avalanche hits. They realize one of them is missing. At first this seems like a tragic accident, until another colleague turns up dead. Fingers start getting pointed and arguments flare. Who can you trust when you don't get along with anyone else? The tension intensifies when another body is added to the list. Which one of them is a murderer and who is next?

One by One is very suspenseful. I highly recommend reading this, with the lights off of course!

Thank you to NetGalley and Gallery Books for this ARC.

This book didn’t wow me like the rest did even though it was really good. I definitely enjoyed the plot, the character dynamics, etc but I felt that I knew the situation the whole time and even when the bombs were dropped, I wasn’t surprised. Very fast read and enjoyable nonetheless!

Erin works as a hostess/maid at a very exclusive and secluded chalet ... in Switzerland? I’m not sure, but it’s not that important. Somewhere with a lot of snow, skiing and where they speak French. Erin is British and has a mysterious past. She and her friend/coworker Danny are the only employees who live in at the chalet. It’s expensive, as you can imagine, so the guests are wealthy and spoiled. The current group of guests arrive. They all work for an app called Snoop. Five of the ten guests are investors in the app and the others are employees. They all know each other pretty well except for Liz, who has not worked for Snoop for a few years but was involved in the initial stages of the company and owns a small percentage of ownership. The company has been offered a buyout. Two investors want to take it, the other two don’t, and Liz is caught in the middle. It’s the perfect setting for a murder mystery. I absolutely loved this book. My only complaint is that the ending dragged a little bit but otherwise this is a five star read. My love for Ruth Ware continues!!

Whoa! Hard to catch my breath reading this latest by Ruth Ware. Atmospheric, suspenseful, twisty and things going bump in the night with no lights. Another winner from Ruth Ware

What an awesome thriller! One by One is full of suspense and intrigue. What could possibly go wrong stuck in the mountains on a company retreat during an avalanche?! I think this is one of Ruth Ware's best novels yet. Between missing persons and dead bodies, this French chalet in the Alps is full of mystery. I enjoyed the alternating points of view through this book, as I felt it made the plot feel even more dynamic and kept suspicion strong around all characters. This book kept me captivated until the very end and is highly recommended!

Ruth Ware writes engaging, suspenseful thrillers, and this book is no exception.

Snoop, a musical app, has reached a turning point in their history. The company can be purchased by an investor or wait for a public offering. To make a decision, the staff and stockholders plan a ski retreat. Murder and mayhem ensue in sort of the manner of And Then There Were None.

The book is told from the perspective of Liz, a minority shareholder, and Erin, the chalet girl with a tragic past.

The book was amazing and kept me turning pages until the end, and I found the app idea to be original and timely. Ruth Ware has another winner on her hands.

A perfect snowy mystery.

Three classic tropes in one suspenseful book. Ruth Ware's latest thriller starts out as an homage to Agatha Christie's "And Then There Were None," with ten guests at a remote retreat dying or vanishing, one by one. Then it shifts briefly to a locked room mystery. Halfway through, the murderer is revealed, and there's a Bourne-like chase. Whew!

I most enjoyed the first part of the book, with its echoes of "And Then There Were None." It's a miracle more people aren't murdered during corporate retreats, and the author brilliantly conveys the underlying fears, tensions, and resentments of the conspicuously cool guests, founders of a high-profile startup. There's a hilarious moment early on when Tiger-Blue, the startup's "head of cool," leads the guests through a "centering" exercise, which beautifully captures corporate psychobabble and the stifled derision of the participants. The author ratchets up the suspense as people die and disappear from the beautiful, remote ski lodge, isolated by a fearsome avalanche. I was looking forward to the author's continuing the promise of the title, the "one by one" deaths that create unbearable tension among the trapped survivors. The shift in the second half of the book is still interesting but for me, not as suspenseful or absorbing.

Still, no one creates atmosphere like Ruth Ware, from the dark, swirling snow to the glacial moon. And her startup idea seems clever, like an app people might actually use. This is a quick, cold, enjoyable read - perfect for a hot summer day.

Many thanks to NetGalley and Simon & Schuster for the ARC in exchange for an honest review.

Ruth Ware has done it again! This novel is such a good thriller with plenty of twists and red herrings. I'm not sure how she continues to strike gold with every book she writes, but I look forward to her next novel.

Best-selling author Ruth Ware brings us another thriller set in a remote chalet high in the mountains and the thrills and tension mount as quick as an expert ski down the mountain.
Erin and Danny are the host and chef at the French resort Chalet Perce-Neige located 7000 feet in the mountains with no road access.
This week they are hosting Snoop, a tech company. They are a group of 9 including co-founders Eva and Topher. The group arrives and the tension begins almost immediately when the group realizes they are a group of 10. They forgot to add Liz, an ex-employee, to the guest list. Erin quickly gets things sorted out and begins to feel a headache coming on.
The next morning the group holds a meeting to discuss a potential buy-out of the company that will make millionaires of many of them. The group is split between the sell-out and holding out for the new software the company is preparing to launch. The deciding vote is Liz, the woman they forgot to add to the guest list.
After tabling the vote till later in the week, the group hurries out to get in some skiing before bad weather hits. When Eva does not return from skiing, Erin thinking that perhaps she had an accident, sets out to get help. She has no sooner walked out the door when rumbling and creaking from an avalanche are heard throughout the chalet. Danny manages to rescue Erin, but she has possibly broken her foot.
The group must try to work together as a group to try and get help for Eva and themselves. But soon after Elliot, their software engineer turns up dead in his room. Is this murder or just a coincidence?
What follows is another thrilling book that I could not put down.

Ware is known for her enigmatic, twisting mystery novels and One by One starts off in her usual secluded setting: the snowy alps of St. Antoine. Members of a music startup called Snoop—where one subscribers listen to music and see what music one’s followers are listening to in real time—are headed to a chalet in the alps for a business retreat. Danny and Erin, the chalet’s chef and maintenance staff, meet everyone as they arrive for their holiday.

It’s a typical swanky bunch, for who Erin and Danny do their best to care and accommodate, until business attendees start disappearing or dying one by one. Soon the chalet is a true life whodunit and everyone could have a possible motive.

While I did enjoy the story, it definitely didn’t have the surprises of The Woman in Cabin 10 or the creepy setting details like Turn of the Key’s poison garden. What it did have was an unreliable narrator (ok a few), several untrustworthy characters, a secluded setting, murder, and a summed up ending. For Ware, not my favorite work; for the genre overall, it could have certainly been worse.

I predict this will be another hit by Ruth Ware. If you've read Ware in the past, you know her bread and butter is in the "locked door" mystery, ala Joseph Sheridan Le Fanu. If you've never read her before, this is a great one to start with. If you already know you like her style, then I think you'll enjoy this one as well.

One thing I like about Ware's books is that, despite the similarity of her mystery plots, the settings change substantially from novel to novel. In this one, we find ourselves at a ski chalet in the French Alps. Not only is it remote, but then an avalanche traps the inhabitants as the guests start being picked off, one by one. It's a fun page turner.

One thing that didn't work well for me in this one was the way clues were given out regarding the killer. I often say that I don't mind figuring out the villain early because the journey is half the fun. Also, I read a lot of books in this genre so I'm actively trying to figure out the crime. In this case, though, I knew who the killer was from the earliest pages of the book. There were some clever twist that I would have liked to have been surprised by; unfortunately, I saw each one as they hit, which ruined some of the ride for me. However . . . maybe if you don't look too hard at this one and just have fun, you'll still enjoy it.

Final word: If you like Ware, I'd give this is a try. It's a solid entry in her oeuvre. Better, if you've not read her before, this might be a great one to get you started with her work.

Wow, I seem to like Ware’s books more and more as I read new ones! I could not put this down, although, I did have a hard time in the beginning with the Snoop layout being used! This one had unreliable narrators, chills, thrills, and of course twist and turns! I thought it was original, chilling, realistic and FUN! Highly, highly recommend! Not one you want to miss!
Will make sure to buzz up on platforms and use my low Amazon reviewer number on release day!

Yes! This book is exactly what I was looking for! Think of the Orient Express getting lost in the Alps. It was the perfect murder mystery that kept me in suspense until the very end. The writing was vivid and original and I was engaged from the first page. Ruth Ware continues to provide stories that you can't put down!

Thanks to NetGalley for the advanced copy! I have enjoyed Ruth Ware since I read her first book and appreciate her skills at writing a locked room mystery. This book was captivating- could not put it down. A tech company goes on a corporate retreat and are trapped in their chalet due to bad weather, along with two employees of the chalet. With bad tempers and arguements over the company future already present, things take a turn for the worst as the avalanche hits.
I loved the premise and I thought the characters were very well written. I enjoyed reading from different perspectives each chapter, it really kicked up the tension. I spent the better part of the day reading because I just needed to know what happened next.
The negatives: I do think that there are a few things at the end that I just didn’t find believable, but honestly, it doesn’t matter too much. I really enjoyed the tension and unpredictability and I know many patrons at the library that would love this book.

I was so excited to be approved for Ruth’s new book! This is a special nod to Agatha Christie‘s and then there were none. The author put her own spin on that plot and modernize it for us. I read the book in just a few hours and absolutely loved it!Great characters, interesting setting, and of course a lot of surprises to keep you guessing. Highly recommend!

Another great read by Ruth Ware! Told in alternating perspectives between Erin (a worker at a chalet in the French Alps) and Liz (a shareholder in the tech company Snoop), this novel dives right into the action and guessing game. The culprit wasn't a huge surprise, but the novel was great nonetheless. Highly recommend.

I strongly advise, if you're the sort of person who does this kind of thing, that you read the Agatha Christie book BEFORE reading Ware's. I read it in the middle and ran the risk of getting myself mixed up. That said, the tone matched up masterfully.

A classic who-dunnit from Ruth Ware! This one kept me guessing till the end! A work retreat with high tension and an avalanche ends in 4 deaths (not a spoiler), but who is the murderer? The book is told from the perspective of two of the guests and I was surprised at how it turned out. It started a little slow for me, but definitely ramped up. Ruth Ware never disappoints!

4.5 stars. Ruth Ware just keeps getting better and better. If you want a nail-biter, pick this one up when it's available in November!

*Thanks to Netgalley and the publisher for providing an e-galley in exchange for an honest review.

This page-turner had plenty of twists and turns that kept my interest. I enjoyed the alternating perspectives. One narrator was a shareholder in a tech start-up and the other was a worker at the chalet hosting the tech start-up. The idea behind the story is tried and true: an isolated location where people are being murdered one-by-one, leaving the reader to guess who the murderer is. This kept me guessing and engaged throughout the novel.

This formula also provided one big drawback for me; there were a ton of characters to keep track up. At first, it was hard to simply figure out who is who, but as the story went on and I felt I had a better grasp on the characters, I then had to keep track of who was where and when and with whom. I wound up taking a page of notes by the end of the book just to be able to keep pace with the story.

Even so, I would recommend this book. It was an engaging mystery with interesting characters.