by Ruth Ware
First published 2020
Erin Warner watches her colleague tumble down the stairs of their Alpine lodge. An accident, everyone assumes. Then another coworker dies in the kitchen during what should have been a routine team building weekend. Outside, snow blocks every exit route after the avalanche buried the access roads. No cell service. No rescue coming until the storm clears. The deaths aren't random accidents. Someone among the trapped employees is methodically killing them off. Erin realizes the murderer sits beside her at dinner, jokes during group activities, and plans each elimination while maintaining perfect cover. Trust dissolves as colleagues eye each other with growing paranoia. The killer could be anyone. Erin must unmask the predator before she becomes the next target in this calculated hunt.
Genres: suspense, mystery, adult-fiction, thriller, psychological-thriller, horror-thriller
Vibes: claustrophobic, dark, fast-paced, paranoid, suspenseful, tense
Tropes: hidden-killer, locked-location, one-by-one-elimination, unreliable-cast
Setting: Alpine Lodge, Ski Resort
Period: 21st-century
416 pages · Paperback · Gallery/Scout Press
Content warnings: death, murder, violence