Another gutsy murder mystery, a psychological thriller, that wrapped me in knots and had me constantly wondering, What Next!
One by One by Ruth Ware
After being introduced to the characters we head into the read via a release from the BBC news website, part of which includes,
"Now, reports are emerging that in one remote ski chalet, cut off by the avalanche, a “house of horror” situation was unfolding, leaving four Britons dead and two hospitalised."
I was pulled in immediately with a host of who's, what's and how's!
Reading on it seems that SNOOP personnel, a hip music APP company with a difference, had flown to a remote chalet at the ski resort of St Antoine in the French Alps for a week of skiing and heavy restructuring discussions, including the possible sale of the business.
They become trapped after an avalanche. One of their number, Eva, had been seen skiing the black piste run, La Sorcière. She's disappeared. Now another, Elliot, the tech designer is found dead. Someone amongst their number is a killer. I could feel the cold seeping into my bones with all power gone. My dread was heightened by the unknown.
The two chalet staff become embroiled in all that goes on. One of them, Erin is running from her own dark challenges. She takes on the 'haunted heroine' trope.
Does the Avalanche act as a catalyst for the killing or was it already planned? This 'empathetic environment' adds to the terror of the situation as people become victims.
I thought I knew who 'dunnit' early on, but when that mystery was finally revealed I was further caught up with the why's. What triggered the person behind the happenings?
Of course this reminded me of Agatha Christie's 'And Then There Was None.' Instead of being trapped on an island our cast is trapped by an avalanche. A variation on the 'locked room' trope. We even have one of the trapped repeating the nursery rhyme line, "and then there were six."
The moving between the narrators Erin and Liz adds a further dimension to all that's happening. The storyline introduces a series of missteps and/or focused planning, by both the victims and the perpetrator that further adds to the tension as those situations unravel.
I felt just as trapped into the storyline as the characters.
A Gallery Books ARC via NetGalley
Please note: Quotes taken from an advanced reading copy maybe subject to change
*****
"Now, reports are emerging that in one remote ski chalet, cut off by the avalanche, a “house of horror” situation was unfolding, leaving four Britons dead and two hospitalised."
I was pulled in immediately with a host of who's, what's and how's!
Reading on it seems that SNOOP personnel, a hip music APP company with a difference, had flown to a remote chalet at the ski resort of St Antoine in the French Alps for a week of skiing and heavy restructuring discussions, including the possible sale of the business.
They become trapped after an avalanche. One of their number, Eva, had been seen skiing the black piste run, La Sorcière. She's disappeared. Now another, Elliot, the tech designer is found dead. Someone amongst their number is a killer. I could feel the cold seeping into my bones with all power gone. My dread was heightened by the unknown.
The two chalet staff become embroiled in all that goes on. One of them, Erin is running from her own dark challenges. She takes on the 'haunted heroine' trope.
Does the Avalanche act as a catalyst for the killing or was it already planned? This 'empathetic environment' adds to the terror of the situation as people become victims.
I thought I knew who 'dunnit' early on, but when that mystery was finally revealed I was further caught up with the why's. What triggered the person behind the happenings?
Of course this reminded me of Agatha Christie's 'And Then There Was None.' Instead of being trapped on an island our cast is trapped by an avalanche. A variation on the 'locked room' trope. We even have one of the trapped repeating the nursery rhyme line, "and then there were six."
The moving between the narrators Erin and Liz adds a further dimension to all that's happening. The storyline introduces a series of missteps and/or focused planning, by both the victims and the perpetrator that further adds to the tension as those situations unravel.
I felt just as trapped into the storyline as the characters.
A Gallery Books ARC via NetGalley
Please note: Quotes taken from an advanced reading copy maybe subject to change
*****
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