In a Dark, Dark Wood

Ruth Ware

They used to be best friends. Then something happened and they never spoke again. And, suddenly, Claire invites Nora to a cottage in the woods for her bachelor party before her wedding. Nora did not want to go. Now he knows he should not have gone. But it's too late. The weekend will change everyone's lives with the shooting of a night's "visitor" inside the house. The case is complicated when the guests find out that the victim was Claire's future husband but also Nora's ex-boyfriend. Did he come uninvited? Who pulled the trigger? Was it an unfortunate event or murder after all? With a unique talent, the author escalates the agony from page to page, enticing the reader into a story that seems innocent at first but hides many dark secrets. Deep in the dark forest, in a glass house, the memories and the repressed are brought out and then the friendship becomes hatred and the game turns into a nightmare.

Ruth Wear is the author of best-selling best-selling detective novels. Her first three thrillers, Deep in the Dark Forest, Woman in Cabin 10, The Game of Lies (released by Key Number Editions) were a huge commercial success and appeared on bestseller lists around the world, including Sunday Times and New York Times. Proposals have been made to purchase the rights to all three books for film and television adaptation, and have been translated into more than forty languages. Ruth lives near Brighton with her family. You can find out more about it at www.ruthware.com.