One Good Couple by Ruth Ware
In Ruth Ware’s newest psychological thriller, One Good Couple (Scout Press) Lyla’s life and profession are at a crossroads. Her postdoctoral contract in virology at a London College is expiring and her relationship with Nico, an aspiring actor, is stagnating. When Nico is obtainable the prospect to take part in a brand new actuality present, One Good Couple, he convinces Lyla to hitch the solid with him. This chance may present the “huge break,” and the money, he’s been ready for. He’s advised her it’s a {couples}’ elimination format, which may final ten weeks and is ready at a model new tropical resort. Contemplating it’s the center of a grey winter in London, Lyla is intrigued by the all-expense paid trip ending with a money prize. In addition to, haven’t they earned the deal with?
As a fact-driven, wise scientist, Lyla can also be hesitant concerning the unknowns of the present. Nonetheless, to placate Nico, she agrees to attend the preliminary interview. The whirlwind audition course of has discovered Lyla saying “sure” whereas which means to say “no approach,” and the subsequent factor she is aware of, she and Nico are Jakarta-bound. Upon their arrival in Indonesia, they be a part of 4 different {couples} and the manufacturing crew getting ready for the collection. The fortunate entourage is then whisked throughout the Indian Ocean on a yacht to Ever After Island, a abandoned island the place the video games will start.
Lyla and Nico arrive at a paradise of azure waters and pristine villas, and Lyla’s trepidations are quelled, however not for lengthy. She senses that the manufacturing has hidden issues, and that the opposite contestants possess secrets and techniques. The present’s producer is a bully with a pointy tongue. The opposite photogenic and athletic {couples} are influencer stereotypes ripped from YouTube and TikTok, and even her boyfriend, Nico, is a hunk. Plain, girl-next-door Lyla is the odd girl out.
After at some point of capturing, life on the island goes awry. When a hurricane batters the island, the contestants are reduce off from society. Many of the villas have been destroyed, the meals shops and potable water are dwindling, and the contestants should band collectively to outlive amidst the rising tensions within the group. Having been stripped of their cellphones, their solely technique of speaking with the skin world is a ship-to-shore radio, however its battery is fading quick.
Lyla and her fellow castaways are left questioning when will the producers return to gather them? Has anybody heard the misery calls? Will anybody discover they’re lacking? Will anybody arrive to avoid wasting them earlier than it’s too late?
With out revealing any spoilers on this page-turning thriller, quickly the paradise of Ever After Island turns into a residing hell. Stuffed with an array of back-stabbing, unstable and unreliable characters, One Good Couple is a component Agatha Christie’s Ten Little Indians, Golding’s Lord of the Lies and Orwell’s Animal Farm. It’s a story concerning the breakdown of a society transitioning from a democracy to an autocracy, and the way Lyla struggles and creates alliances to outlive the catastrophe.
Pulling again the curtain on actuality tv, Ware makes the reader query whether or not these exhibits are staged and the way a lot is “actuality”. In One Good Couple, the strains turn into as blurred as a mirage on the horizon. Every post-hurricane day mirrors the life on a actuality program, presenting one other survival problem to the castaways. Out of her aspect, Lyla, discovers whom she will belief and that every resolution may imply life and dying. Not just for her, but in addition for everybody on Ever After Island.
Ware’s One Good Couple takes the reader on the breathtaking flips, peaks and valleys of an limitless rollercoaster experience. So, leap on, strap in your seat belt and benefit from the thrill experience.
Ruth Ware is a global #1 bestseller. Her thrillers In a Darkish, Darkish Wooden, The Girl in Cabin 10, The Mendacity Recreation, The Dying of Mrs. Westaway and The Flip of the Key have appeared on bestseller lists around the globe, together with the Sunday Instances and The New York Instances. Her books have been optioned for each movie and TV, and he or she is printed in additional than 40 languages. Ruth lives close to Brighton together with her household.
Publish Date: 5/21/2024
Style: Thrillers
Writer: Ruth Ware
Web page Rely: 400 pages
Writer: Scout Press
ISBN: 9781668025598