The Woman in Suite 11 by Ruth Ware BLOG TOUR #TheWomaninSuite11 @ruthwarewriter @simonschusterUK @RandomTTours #BookReview

 

Paradise comes at a price . . .

The stunning mountain views. The beautiful shore of Lake Geneva. The terrified woman held in the suite belonging to the hotel’s millionaire owner.

Lo Blacklock’s all-expenses paid trip to a luxury Swiss chateau should have been the ideal return to work. But as her past catches up with her, the millionaire’s mistress demanding that Lo help her escape, and a body turning up in the room next door, forces Lo to ask how far would she go to help someone she’s not even sure she can trust… 

The gripping follow-up to multi-million bestselling author Ruth Ware’s The Woman in Cabin 10 – coming soon to Netflix, starring Keira Knightley.

The Woman in Suite 11 by Ruth Ware was published on 17 July 2025 by Simon & Schuster and is the follow up to The Woman in Cabin 10. My thanks to the publishers who sent my copy for review as part of this #RandomThingsTours Blog Tour 

I have a real soft spot for Ruth Ware's The Woman in Cabin 10 which I read and reviewed almost ten years ago, in June 2016. I'm delighted that it's being adapted for screen and am looking forward to watching it. This author doesn't usually write sequels, so I was fascinated to hear about this latest book. 

I was not disappointed. It's another unsettling read, full of suspense and mystery and re-introduces the reader to Lo Blacklock; the star of the first book. However, don't worry if you haven't read The Woman in Cabin 10 because this one is a total standalone novel. Yes Lo is the main character again and we do come across some other familiar faces, but the story is totally on its own. 

Lo has moved on. She's now married with two children but is having itchy feet. She really wants to get back to her old job as a travel reporter but has suffered with her mental health now for a while, after the events on that cruise ship almost ten years ago. 

When a totally unexpected invitation arrives from multi billionaire Marcus Leidmann, asking her to attend the launch of an ultra fabulous hotel in Switzerland, Lo is intrigued. She's not sure how she's been invited, but when her old boss asks her to get an interview with Leidmann himself, she is determined to show them that she's still got it. Off she goes. 

Lo faces far more than she expected when she arrives. With faces from the past, people who need her help and danger around every corner. The pace is excellent and the tension increases with each chapter. 

Ruth Ware creates characters and settings that somehow feel very real, despite the fact that I've never been to a top class Swiss hotel!  I always feel comfortable in her stories and this one is an excellent read. Highly recommended. 

Ruth Ware worked as a waitress, a bookseller, a teacher of English as a foreign language
and a press officer before settling down as a full-time writer. 

She now lives with her family in Sussex, on the south coast of England. 

She is the #1 New York Times and Globe and Mail (Toronto) bestselling author of In a Dark, Dark Wood; The Woman in Cabin 10; The Lying Game; The Death of Mrs. Westaway; The Turn of the Key; One by One; The It Girl and Zero Days. 

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