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KCLS BookMatch: Mystery & Suspense for Fans of Ruth Ware

This list was created by a King County Library System librarian for a fan of Ruth Ware interested in mystery and suspense stories with action and strong character development. Request your own personalized reading list at http://www.kcls.org/bookmatch.

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  • On an island off the coast of Ireland, guests gather to celebrate two people joining their lives together as one. The groom: handsome and charming, a rising television star. The bride: smart and ambitious, a magazine publisher. It's a…
    BookNew York, NY : William Morrow, an imprint of HarperCollinsPublishers, 2020. — M FOLEY
  • Twenty five years ago, Jenna, Donnie, and Nico were the best of friends, a bond forged as residents of Savior House, an abusive group home for parentless teens. When the home was shut down after the disappearance of several kids, the three…
    BookNew York : Minotaur Books, 2023. — FIC FINLAY
  • It was supposed to be the trip of a lifetime. Delighted by a surprise invitation, Miriam Macy sails off to a luxurious private island off the coast of Mexico, with six strangers, an ex-cop, a chef, a financial advisor, a nurse, a lawyer,…
    BookNew York : Forge, 2019. — M HALL
  • Pearse’s engrossing debut boasts a highly atmospheric setting. Le Sommet, originally a sanatorium for tuberculosis patients in the Swiss Alps, was abandoned for decades, until it was renovated as a luxury hotel. British police detective…
    Book[New York] : Pamela Dorman Books/Viking, 2021. — FIC PEARSE
  • When Barbara Van Laar is discovered missing from her summer camp bunk one morning in August 1975, it triggers a panicked, terrified search. Losing a camper is a horrific tragedy under any circumstances, but Barbara isn't just any camper,…
    BookNew York : Riverhead Books, 2024. — M MOORE
  • After years of avoiding each other, Daisy Darker's entire family is assembling for Nana's 80th birthday party in Nana's crumbling gothic house on a tiny tidal island. Finally back together one last time, when the tide comes in, they will…
    BookNew York : Flatiron Books, 2022. — M FEENEY
  • Erin and Mark seem to have it all: he's a successful banker, she's a documentary filmmaker on the brink of a professional breakthrough; they're young and in love, about to embark on their dream honeymoon to Bora Bora. But when, after a…
    BookNew York : Ballantine Books, an imprint of Random House, [2018] — FIC STEADMAN
  • At first glance, poor Vanessa appears desperate to stop the impending marriage between her ex-husband and his new young lover, Nellie. Richard is a powerful and demanding man, and Vanessa is determined to save Nellie from the fate Vanessa…
    BookNew York : St. Martin's Press, 2018. — FIC HENDRICKS
  • A psychological thriller that spins one woman's seemingly good fortune, and another woman's mysterious fate, through duplicity, death, and deception. Reeling from a traumatic break-in, Emma moves to One Folgate Street. After a personal…
    BookNew York : Ballantine Books, [2017] — FIC DELANEY