In this follow-up to #1 New York Times bestselling author Ruth Ware’s multi-million copy mega-hit The Women 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?
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?
Title: The Woman in Suite 11 (The Woman in Cabin 10 #2)
Author: Ruth Ware
Publisher: Gallery/Scout Press
Publisher: Gallery/Scout Press
Publication Date: July 8, 2025
Review:
Thank you to Gallery/Scout Press and Edelweiss for providing me with a copy of this title to read and review. The opinions expressed here are my own.
I enjoy a good mystery/suspense and Ruth Ware often times fills that void. I remember liking the first book in this series and was interested to see where a second book could possibly go.
Laura "Lo" Blacklock is back. She's 10 years off of her last harrowing experience on a boat in Norway and trying to make her way back into the journalism world. When an invitation to a swanky hotel opening comes her way, she takes it, despite having to leave her husband and two young children behind. Of course things are never as they seem when Lo is involved and what starts as a possible introduction back into her job world leads to her reuniting with some of the people she came across ten years ago, including the woman who saved her.
I'm not sure what I was expecting from this book. Mystery for sure. Some suspense, absolutely. Possibly even some thrills. The book did provide these things but it just didn't move like I needed it to move. And I figured out the twist in the plot way before the end of the book.
While it wasn't the most interesting mystery book I read, it also wasn't the worst. I was invested enough to read until the end and find out what happened.
Overall I felt like it was drawn out and a bit longer than it truly needed to be. And the dynamics between the characters were not always truly believeable. I had a hard time suspending my belief to feel like the story was actually true. Lo just made so many stupid decisions it was ridiculous. And the fact that no one held her accountable for any of it was crazy. Towards the end of the book she states she never lies. Meanwhile, the entire book was built on her lies.
Overall, it was enjoyable enough but it was just too predictable for me plus there was no real depth or development of the characters. Not sure if I would continue on with this series or not if the author did decide to write a third.
Author:
Ruth Ware grew up in Sussex, on the south coast of England. After graduating from Manchester University she moved to Paris, before settling in North London. She has worked as a waitress, a bookseller, a teacher of English as a foreign language and a press officer. She is married with two small children, and In a Dark, Dark Wood is her début thriller.
Find her on twitter at www.twitter.com/ruthwarewriter, on facebook at www.facebook.com/ruthwarewriter or via her website - www.ruthware.com
Find her on twitter at www.twitter.com/ruthwarewriter, on facebook at www.facebook.com/ruthwarewriter or via her website - www.ruthware.com